Emergent
1index_Emergent LabsUSA
An agent platform for building apps from Emergent Labs: agents design, write, test, and deploy web and mobile apps from a plain-language description. The code remains with the user.
Facts
- The company was founded in 2024 by twin brothers: Mukund Jha (CEO, formerly at Google, Dunzo cofounder) and Madhav Jha (CTO, PhD in theoretical computer science, worked on Amazon SageMaker); Y Combinator S24 graduate, headquartered in San Francisco (ycombinator.com/companies/emergent, as of Aug 19, 2026).
- A $70 million Series B at a $300 million valuation closed on Jan 20, 2026; about $100 million total has been raised from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, Prosus, Together Fund, Y Combinator, and Google's AI fund (TechCrunch Jan 20, 2026).
- On Feb 17, 2026, the company reported 100 million $ ARR eight months after its public launch, with revenue doubling over the preceding 30 days (businesswire Feb 17, 2026).
- Pricing as of Aug 19, 2026: Free $0 (5000 credits per month, one seat, two concurrent runs), Standard $17/month and Pro $167/month with annual billing, Enterprise by arrangement; higher plans include a 1M context window and Ultra thinking mode (emergent.sh/pricing).
The full card is in the works: the "worth it or not" verdict, pricing and a comparison with neighbors will appear as it moves through the card factory.