Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Back Emergent’s $70M Series B as 5M+ Users Build AI Apps Worldwide

• Emergent’s ARR has grown from $100K to $50 million in just seven months, driven by more than 5 million users worldwide

Emergent, the fast-growing AI software creation platform that helps anyone build full-stack, production-ready web and mobile applications, announced it has raised $70 million in Series B funding from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Prosus, Lightspeed, Together, and Y Combinator. In total, Emergent has now raised $100 million within seven months of launch. The funding comes as more than 5 million users are already building and shipping real products on Emergent across more than 190 countries.

The funds will be deployed to fuel continued team expansion, accelerate product development, and drive entry into new markets, as demand for AI-powered software creation surges among entrepreneurs and small businesses globally. The backing from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 reflects growing confidence in Emergent’s long-term vision and execution.

In just seven months, Emergent has scaled to $50 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and is on track to surpass $100 million ARR by April 2026, cementing its position among the fastest-growing AI companies worldwide and the fastest-scaling technology startup in India by revenue.

Emergent’s Series B comes less than three months after its Series A, marking one of the fastest Series A–to–Series B progressions in the category. The round also follows Google’s recent backing of Emergent, underscoring strong validation from leading global technology and capital partners. Notably, the investment marks SoftBank’s return to AI investments in India, signalling renewed conviction in the country’s next wave of AI-led companies.

Software creation is undergoing a structural shift,” said Mukund Jha, co-founder and CEO of Emergent. “It used to be that only people with technical training or capital got to turn ideas into real products. Emergent flips that model. We are seeing millions of people build and ship real businesses, workflows, and products in days. As a result, many are generating new sources of income. By helping everyday people build and monetize their ideas, Emergent is stepping in to power the most crucial segment of the economy – small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Emergent is growing at a pace we rarely see because it is tapping into a segment that has never been served,” said Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures. “When barriers to software creation fall this quickly, behavior changes across industries, not just within the technology sector. Emergent is early in shaping how software gets created and monetized over the next decade, not just the next product cycle, and its users are quick to share their success.

Emergent is harnessing AI to unlock a massive wave of entrepreneurship by removing the technical and capital barriers that have historically limited who can build software,” said Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers. We are excited to partner with Mukund, Madhav and the Emergent team on a shared vision to help entrepreneurs worldwide turn ideas into businesses.

Emergent works like a full development team with agents that design, build, test, and scale software end to end. The result is real, dependable software built in a fraction of the time and cost, giving both established and first-time business owners the speed, confidence, and leverage of the world’s most advanced technology companies, without the overhead. Most importantly, business builders can monetize their creation, going from idea to cash flow in hours. Emergent produces production-grade software, engineered to ship, paired with Stripe and other built-in billing providers, so your product is monetization-ready on launch.

Emergent is available at https://emergent.sh/, enabling anyone to start building and launching applications instantly.

About Emergent:

Emergent is the fast-growing platform that lets anyone create full-stack, production-ready applications using autonomous AI agents. Emergent’s vision is to enable ambitious people to move at the speed of their thought — to build faster, go bigger, and be unblocked from technical limitations. Launched in 2025, Emergent is backed by Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Lightspeed, YC, Prosus, Together, and Google’s AI Futures Fund. Its mission is to democratize who gets to build software and bring new ideas to life.

Emergent Secures Strategic Investment from Google to Democratize Software Creation Globally

Co-Founders of Emergent - Mukund Jha & Madhav Jha

• Emergent reaches 2.5M users and $25M ARR in under five months, signaling rapid growth and global adoption

The world’s first agentic vibe-coding platform, Emergent, announces a strategic investment from Google’s AI Futures Fund. Launched in May 2025, the fund supports AI startups with capital, early access to cutting-edge AI models, and direct support from Google’s experts. Emergent will leverage this investment and support to further accelerate talent acquisition, product development, and global expansion of its platform.

Emergent is putting the power of software development in the hands of everyday users. It eliminates traditional barriers such as the need for capital, developers, or a technical co-founder to get started, enabling anyone to turn ideas into production-grade apps with autonomous agents- no coding skills required. The platform has already generated strong global momentum, with users building apps globally.

Emergent has built a rapidly expanding user base of more than 2.5 million people globally in less than five months, and has already exceeded a $25 million ARR run rate. The company aims to support the dreams of tens of millions of entrepreneurs, small business owners, and creatives by early next year.

On the strategic investment from Google’s AI Futures Fund, Mukund Jha, Co-Founder and CEO of Emergent, said: “Not every business founder has the technology expertise or resources to make their dream a reality. With Emergent, we’re giving small business owners, creators, and entrepreneurs the tools to bring their vision to life, no matter the complexity. We’re honored to be supported by Google’s AI Futures Fund and are excited to leverage Google’s industry-leading AI technology to further empower Emergent for our rapidly growing user base.”

Jonathan Silber, Co-Founder and Director of AI Futures Fund at Google, said: “The AI Futures Fund is all about reimagining what can be accomplished with generative AI. Emergent’s work is helping people make their ideas a reality, breaking down barriers, and democratising access to the tools businesses need to build their technology stack. We look forward to supporting them on their journey as they build with Gemini 3, and we can’t wait to see what they do next.”

Side hustlers, small business owners, and solo founders can build without coding, removing the need for an engineering team. Emergent lets anyone turn their ideas into real, production-ready applications for their users. Start building with Emergent today: https://emergent.sh/

About Emergent

Emergent is a fast-growing agentic vibe-coding platform. Its platform enables anyone to build full-stack, production-ready applications using autonomous AI agents. Launched in 2025 and backed by Lightspeed, Prosus, YC, Together, and leading angels, the company reached $25M ARR in less than 5 months. Emergent’s mission is to democratize software creation so that anyone can turn ideas into products and tools.

Emergent Raises $23M to Democratize Software Creation With AI-Powered Vibe Coding

Co-Founders of Emergent - Mukund Jha & Madhav Jha

Emergent, the fast-growing agentic vibe-coding platform today announced $23 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed, with participation from Together Fund, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, and leading angels including Jeff Dean, Devendra Chaplot, and Balaji Srinivasan. This brings Emergent’s total funding to $30 million, including a $7 million seed round backed by Y Combinator and Together Fund. Funds will be utilized to grow the team, deepen investments in research and to grow the platform.

The platform enables anyone, whether a small business owner, solo founder or creator to build and launch full-fledged, production-ready software without writing a single line of code. Emergent gives you a ready-to-use app from day one. It handles everything - from the screens people see, to the servers, logins, payments, and the ability to scale the platform - automatically. Behind the scenes, a team of specialised AI agents code, test and launch, so it feels like you have your own development team in the cloud.

In India, where 6 out of 10 people consider entrepreneurship as a good career path, Emergent eliminates the historical barriers of needing capital, developers, or a technical co-founder. The platform makes software creation possible for those who previously lacked the tools to build. Emergent’s core technology including its AI coding agent and the infrastructure to support rapid deployment was built entirely in-house to ensure security, speed and reliability. The product works out-of-the-box: users get an app that’s ready to launch, with logins, payments, backend, and scaling automatically taken care of. Thus, marking a structural shift in who gets to create software and who benefits from it.

The product has already gained rapid adoption: in just 90 days, Emergent has surpassed $15 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and enabled over one million users to build more than 1.5 million apps.

“My brother and I built Emergent to equip anyone with an idea and a phone to create software affordably,” shared Mukund Jha, co-founder and CEO. “Emergent addresses the technical friction of starting or growing a business. Now anyone from small business owners and aspiring founders to creators can now bring their vision to life, no matter how complex, at a fraction of the time and cost. As the only vibe coding platform that enables users to build highly customizable, production-ready apps, our platform unlocks new possibilities for everyone - not just software engineers.”

"Remember when photography demanded understanding lenses, aperture, lighting, film development, and more? Then the iPhone compressed all of it into a single button for billions of people. Emergent collapses the complexity of software into a single button anyone can press to ship, scale, earn and Lightspeed is proud to back them on this exciting journey," explained Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed.

Emergent’s impact is already visible across a wide range of users globally: a jewellery store owner in Michigan built an app to manage pricing across 50 stores and is now selling that app to others; a small business digitized wheelchair inventory tracking using photos and prompts; a person living with chronic pain built their own app to manage it better; and a UK-based founder of Indian origin created an EV marketplace app to serve a growing market.

Emergent is available at https://emergent.sh/ allowing anyone to start building apps for their businesses, ideas, or communities, instantly.

About Emergent:

Emergent is the fast-growing agentic vibe-coding platform. Its platform enables anyone to build full-stack, production-ready applications using autonomous AI agents. Launched in 2025 and backed by Lightspeed, Prosus, YC, Together, and leading angels, the company has reached $15M in ARR within 90 days of launch. Emergent’s mission is to democratize software creation so that anyone can turn ideas into products.

About Lightspeed:

Lightspeed is a leading global multi-stage investment firm, investing across venture to late-stage growth, with a focus on accelerating disruptive innovations in AI, Enterprise, Financial Services, Consumer, Health, and B2B. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed hundreds of entrepreneurs building some of the most innovative and category-defining companies in the world.

Globally, Lightspeed has invested in more than 500 companies, including Anthropic, Affirm, Anduril, Epic Games, Nutanix, Snapchat, AppDynamics, MuleSoft, Rubrik, Wiz, Oyo, Zepto, Udaan, Razorpay, PocketFM, Physics Wallah and many others. Today, Lightspeed and its global team manage over $30 billion in AUM across its platform, with investment professionals and advisors based in the U.S., Europe, India, Israel, and Southeast Asia. Lightspeed began investing in India in 2008, with a portfolio that now spans both early-stage startups and growth-stage market leaders. www.lsip.com