Founder · Emergent

Madhav Jha

Co-founder & CTO of Emergent, an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco.

Co-founder · CTOSan FranciscoArtificial Intelligence
Founded
2025
San Francisco, United States; product team in Bengaluru, India
Raised to date
$223M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
Series C
$130M · Jul 2026

About

Madhav Jha is Co-founder & CTO of Emergent, an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, founded in 2025. Emergent's most recent disclosed round was a Series C of $130M in Jul 2026.

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Company

Est. 2025
Emergent
Artificial Intelligence · San Francisco

Emergent is an AI vibe-coding platform that lets people build web and mobile applications by describing them in plain language rather than writing code. Founded by twin brothers Mukund and Madhav Jha, it orchestrates multiple foundation models and targets small businesses and solo founders rather than professional developers. Mukund Jha previously co-founded Dunzo.

Funding
Jul 2026Series C$130MCreaegis (lead), MNI Ventures–Claypond Capital & Sentinel Global (co-leads), Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, Y Combinator
Jan 2026Series B$70M
Sep 2025Series A$23M
Company profile →3 rounds on record

Journey with Emergent

1 milestone
  1. Jul 2026Milestone

    Becomes India's third AI unicorn of 2026 — $1.5B valuation a year after public launch; 12M+ apps built on the platform, total funding $230M.

Also building Emergent

MJMukund JhaCo-founder · CEO→

Coverage

1 story
Funding · 5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
AI Startup Emergent Nears $200 Million Fundraise at $1.5 Billion Valuation Led by Creaegis and Amazon

Quick answers

Who is Madhav Jha?

Madhav Jha is a Co-founder & CTO of Emergent, an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, founded in 2025.

Who founded Emergent?

Emergent's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Mukund Jha and Madhav Jha.

How much funding has Emergent raised?

Emergent has raised $223M across 3 disclosed rounds on record. The latest was a Series C of $130M in Jul 2026, with Creaegis (lead), MNI Ventures–Claypond Capital & Sentinel Global (co-leads), Khosla Ventures.

Where is Emergent based?

Emergent is headquartered in San Francisco, United States; product team in Bengaluru, India.

What has StartupFox reported about Madhav Jha?

StartupFox has published 1 story naming Madhav Jha; the most recent is “AI Startup Emergent Nears $200 Million Fundraise at $1.5 Billion Valuation Led by Creaegis and Amazon”.

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