Making software creation
Accessible to everyone
Building software has moved from people who write code to anyone who can describe an idea. Emergent is driving that shift, turning ideas into live apps ready for customers.
Our journey
From first commit
to a $1.5B unicorn
Why we build
We believe the best ideas shouldn't wait on an engineering team. Emergent puts the power to build real software in everyone's hands, so the people closest to a problem are the ones who solve it.
Our mission
Emergent builds software, so you can turn what you imagine into working products you own.
Where we're going
Agents that run the daily operations behind your app, so you can grow the business instead of running it.
Access
The best ideas often come from the people closest to a problem, whether or not they can code. The power to turn that idea into working software once took an engineering team. Now Emergent gives it to them.
Built to run
We build software that holds up under real users, real payments, and real weight, not demos that break when a customer arrives. Emergent handles the building, the deploying, and the upkeep, all in one place.
Engineering depth
The hard part is never the surface. We do the work underneath, the backend, the data, the reliability, so what you build feels effortless to use and holds together when it matters.
Ownership
What you build on Emergent is yours. Your code, your data, your business, with no lock-in and no walled garden. You can keep it, extend it, and take it anywhere.
Awards & recognition
Trusted, tested, and growing
Awards
Our customers
Who uses Emergent
From solo founders to established businesses. Most of the 15M+ apps were built by people who had never written a line of code.
A PhD toxicologist turned 15 years of product-safety expertise into a consumer app and an enterprise platform. He grew from $0 to about $60K a month in revenue.
A roofing contractor replaced five disconnected tools with one command center for leads, pricing, and proposals. Monthly software spend fell from $1,800 to about $100.
An auto parts distributor built five connected apps for drivers, warehouses, and vendors in 2.5 months. Delivery times dropped by half across 6,800 trips a month.
A meal prep founder who can't write code built the software that now runs 700 orders a day. It cost $10,000 instead of a $200,000 quote, and other kitchens now pay to use it.
A delivery fleet owner swapped WhatsApp groups and paper for a full fleet management app. Developers had quoted $250,000 and 18 months. He built it in about two.
An ICU nurse built the certification prep app he wished he'd had, now live on the App Store and Google Play. It cost under $1,000 against $17,000+ developer quotes.
A medical educator built an AI clinical intelligence platform and a patient-facing health site for about $2,000. Vendors had quoted $20,000 to $30,000 per build.
A car detailing company replaced its WordPress site with one built on Emergent in four days. Lead form submissions rose 35%.
A marketing agency owner turned SaaS builder created a healthcare EMR that now runs 17 clinics and manages 100,000+ patients. It reached $20,000 CAD in monthly recurring revenue within a month of launch.
An ADHD coach built a three-language coaching app for adults and families instead of paying €100,000 to €150,000 in agency quotes. She kept full ownership and won $50,000 in a 4,300-entry builders' contest.
A one-person local media business rebuilt its 28-year-old community platform and launched seven more apps without code. The network now reaches about 1.2 million monthly impressions.
A business coach built a youth entrepreneurship app in two to three weeks after a developer quoted $25,000 and two months. It now books school meetings every day and won a top Nevada tech award.
An R&D manager with a full-time job and a toddler launched an AI audiobook platform with swappable narrators in about two to three months. It cost under $2,000 against freelancer quotes starting at $8,000.
An event agency founder replaced a patchwork of project, CRM, and invoicing tools with one operations app built over a few weekends. Software costs fell from about €2,000 a year to a one-time €1,000.
A GTM strategist shipped a platform in one quarter that his 18-person team had projected would take four more years. It signed up 100 users before any marketing.
Careers
Come shape the future of building with us
The challenges are big and the momentum is real, and what you build here helps millions bring their ideas to life. Come do the best work of your career.
Our offices
Where to find us
Operating info INDIA
Emergent labs
WeWork Roshni Tech Hub, Marathahalli, BBMP Khatha No. 1395, Sy.No. 26 (P), Marathahalli Main Road, EPIP Zone, Chinnapanna Halli, Bangalore, KA 560037, India
Operating info USA
Emergent labs
255 California Street, suite 550, San Francisco, CA, 94111
Legal info
Agione Technologies Private Limited
B-1103, Salarpuria Sattva Magnificia, Tin Factory, Krishnarajapuram R.S., Bangalore, KA 560016, India
Community
Building around the clock
Our teams in San Francisco and Bengaluru hand work across time zones, and the community keeps it going in between.
Product drops, changelogs, and quick takes on where AI building is headed.
Company news, open roles, and how teams use Emergent to ship real work.
Tutorials, build-alongs, and feature walkthroughs. Go from idea to live app, step by step.
Stuck on a build? Ask questions, share your work, and talk directly to the team.
Feature requests, hot takes, and threads that turn into fixes. The team reads every one.
Customer wins, trending reels, and behind-the-scenes from SF and Bengaluru.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Questions, Answered
Emergent is an AI app building platform that turns a plain-language description into a working, full-stack app. Its AI agents build the frontend, backend, database, login, payments, and deployment. Founders, small-business operators, and domain experts use Emergent to build software that runs their business, without hiring engineers or writing code.
Twin brothers Mukund Jha (CEO) and Madhav Jha (CTO) founded Emergent in 2024. They started it believing that what stops people from building software is access, not ideas. Emergent is headquartered in San Francisco, with most of the team in Bengaluru, India, and serves builders in more than 190 countries.
Emergent is backed by Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and Creaegis, among others. Emergent has raised $230M in total, including a $130M Series C in July 2026 that valued the company at $1.5B.
Emergent is for anyone who needs software to run something real: a business, a product, or a process. Small-business owners build CRMs and booking systems, solo founders launch products, and agencies deliver client apps. You don't need any coding knowledge. About 70% of Emergent's paid users aren't developers.
Most AI app builders focus on how quickly you can get something that looks like an app. Emergent builds what sits behind the screen: the backend, database, login, integrations, and deployment. That's why apps built on Emergent can handle real users and take real payments through services like Stripe, Razorpay, and Shopify.
Yes. You own your code, your data, and your deployment. You can export what you build, change it, and host it wherever you like. Emergent doesn't lock you in, so if your needs change, your app goes with you.
Emergent holds SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications. These are independent standards that check how a company protects customer data and manages security. Apps built on Emergent connect to established services such as Stripe and MongoDB for payments and data.
