Emergent reaches $100 million ARR in eight months of its launch. Emergent also launched a mobile app that enables users to develop and publish applications for iOS and Android seamlessly. FEBRUARY 17, 2026, 5:55 AM Key Takeaways What actually matters. Achieve $100 million ARR in just eight months, marking rapid growth for Emergent. Launch mobile app enables seamless iOS and Android development for users. Emergent, an agentic vibe coding startup, has announced it has achieved an annual run rate (ARR) of $100 million just 8 months after its launch, making it one of the fastest AI-native platforms to reach this milestone. According to the company, this accomplishment was driven by significant growth over the last month, during which Emergent's ARR increased from $50 million to $100 million. This achievement positions the company as the fastest AI-native technology firm in India to reach this revenue milestone, underscoring the growing acceptance of AI-driven software development. Mukund Jha, Co-Founder and CEO of Emergent, said in a statement, "Crossing $100 million in ARR so soon isn't just a milestone, it's proof that the way people want to build software is changing. We set out to remove the complexity and guesswork from software creation, and the market has responded with tremendous speed and confidence. Builders aren't waiting months or years anymore, they're shipping real, revenue-generating products in weeks, and that's what's driving this growth."

The funding comes as the startup claims it has scaled ARR to $50 million and is targeting $100 million by April 2026.

Vibe coding startup Emergent has raised $70 million, led by Khosla and SoftBank. Ben bergman new follow authors and never miss a story! * Emergent is an AI software creation platform that helps anyone build web and mobile applications. * The startup just raised $70 million in Series B funding led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank. * Emergent's ARR grew from $100K to $50 million in seven months, driven by more than 5 million users. It was not long ago that building a sophisticated app required a team of experienced programmers hovering over their keyboards. Now, AI has made it possible for a novice with no coding knowledge to whip up high-quality apps from scratch. Emergent, founded out of Y Combinator's startup class of 2024 by twin brothers Mukund Jha and Madhav Jha, is one of the fastest-growing so-called "vibe coding" platforms, already boasting 5 million users and seeing annual recurring revenue soar from $50 million to $5 million in a little over a year. The company recently raised $70 million in Series B funding from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Prosus, Lightspeed, Together, and Y Combinator. The valuation was not disclosed. "Emergent is growing at a pace we rarely see because it is tapping into a segment that has never been served," Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, said in a statement. "When barriers to software creation fall this quickly, behavior changes across industries, not just within the technology sector. Emergent is early in shaping how software gets created and monetized over the next decade, not just the next product cycle, and its users are quick to share their success." In a sign of how quickly the hottest AI companies are raising funding in this bull market, it was only three months ago that Emergent raised $23 million in Series A funding. "There's this huge gap in the market where people are looking for an alternative that can build fast, cheap, and high-quality software, Mukund Jha, Emergent's CEO, said in an interview. "Because the product is really resonating with users, we are seeing this explosive growth." A standard individual subscription is $17 a month, while a Pro account goes for $167 a month. Jha says 80% of users have never seen a line of code before. Most are small business owners, such as a factory owner in Mexico who built a system to manage his plant. "They were able to create this whole setup on their own and have 500 factory workers using it on a daily basis," Jha said. "We also had a microbiologist build a whole new audiobook experience where she can import voices from ElevenLabs and create a completely new listening experience to the audiobooks." Vibe coding is a crowded space for startups, and Emergent faces competition from Lovable, a Swedish vibe coding app that raised $330 million in Series B funding at a $6.6 billion valuation in December. There is also Replit, which is reportedly raising funding at a $9 billion valuation. Asked about his competitors, Jha said: "A lot of the other platforms, they're great for prototyping, they're great for demos, but when it comes to really managing the entire lifecycle of software development, they fall short. That's a gap we are trying to fill in the market right now." Read next. Business insider tells the innovative stories you want to know.