Emergent’s vibe coding platform hit a $1.5bn valuation a year after launch. Its founder says most businesses do not need software, they need a way to turn how they work into it.
“Most businesses don’t need any software. They need a way to turn how they actually work into software.” That is how Mukund Jha pitched his startup as he announced it had become a $1.5bn unicorn.
Emergent, the vibe coding platform Jha runs with his twin brother Madhav, has raised a $130m Series C. The round values it at $1.5bn, about five times its valuation in January. That makes Emergent a unicorn roughly a year after its 2025 launch.
Creaegis, a private equity firm, led the round. Claypond Capital and Sentinel Global co-led. Earlier backers Khosla Ventures, SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator returned. Total funding now reaches $230m.
An engineering team in a box
