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Emergent

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Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications. Since our public launch, Emergent has reached $50M ARR in 7 m

Founded 2024Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.

Since our public launch, Emergent has reached $50M ARR in 7 months making us one of the fastest-growing startups in the world. 5M+ users across 190+ countries have built 6M+ applications on Emergent. We've raised $100M from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Google, Lightspeed India, Prosus Ventures, Together Fund, and Y Combinator.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Product & workflow

We can integrate with GitHub for version control, and you're free to download, modify, or host your applications anywhere you choose.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-11-02

Pricing

We offer plans starting at $17/month for individual builders, $167/month for power users, and $250/month for teams.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-11-02

Founders & team

Madhav Jha

Founder/CTO

CTO & Co-Founder. Madhav got his PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from Penn State University and was a von Neumann postdoctoral fellow at Sandia National Labs. He was the founding member of the research team that built and shipped Amazon Sagemaker.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2024 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-11-02

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