Agentic AI startup Emergent has secured a strategic investment from Google’s AI Futures Fund, strengthening its position in the fast emerging vibe coding landscape. While the investment amount has not been disclosed, the company confirmed that the fresh capital will be directed toward hiring top talent, accelerating product development, and expanding its global footprint.
Founded by Mukund Jha, cofounder of Dunzo, and his brother Madhav Jha, Emergent is building an autonomous application-development platform that enables users to create production-ready software through natural language prompts. Its AI agents can generate backend logic, data models, APIs, and complete frontend interfaces allowing users to interact with the system as they would with a human developer.
At the core of Emergent’s offering is a hybrid model stack that blends proprietary fine tuned models with leading LLMs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini. The startup differentiates itself from tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini AntiGravity by aiming to fully abstract the software development lifecycle, making end-to-end app creation accessible to non-technical users.
Emergent currently employs 40 team members across India and the US and boasts 3 million active users, including 60,000 paying subscribers on monthly plans ranging from $20 to $200. The company last raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Ventures, with backing from Y Combinator, Together Fund, Prosus, Jeff Dean, Devendra Chaplot, and Balaji Srinivasan.
Google’s AI Futures Fund said its investment supports startups transforming software accessibility. As part of the partnership, Emergent will gain early access to Google’s next generation Gemini 3 agentic technologies and technical guidance from Google’s AI research teams.
The investment comes amid rising momentum for vibe-coding platforms, which have sparked industry wide debate. While Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan suggested vibe-coding could challenge traditional companies like Zoho, cofounder Sridhar Vembu dismissed the claim and said Zoho is building AI-enhanced compiler tools to boost developer productivity.
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