Emergent, the fast-growing AI software creation platform that enables founders and business owners to build full-stack, production-ready web and mobile applications, has secured $130 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Creaegis, with MNI Ventures - Claypond Capital and Sentinel Global as co-lead investors, and participation from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator. The latest round values Emergent at $1.5 billion, increasing its valuation fivefold in just four months and making it a unicorn in a year after its public launch. The milestone places Emergent among the fastest-scaling AI companies globally, driven by the rising adoption of AI-powered software creation among entrepreneurs, small businesses and non-technical builders. Since launch, more than 12 million applications have been built on Emergent by users globally, including many entrepreneurs and small business owners with no technical background. Emergent is addressing one of the biggest barriers in technology creation: access to engineering talent. While businesses increasingly need custom software to operate and scale, traditional development remains expensive, time-intensive and dependent on specialized skills. Emergent changes this by allowing users to build CRMs, ERPs, marketplaces, mobile applications, internal tools, customer-facing products and operational systems through autonomous AI agents. Emergent is building a future where software development moves closer to the people who understand the problem, the business, and the market. By removing technical barriers, the company aims to enable entrepreneurs, businesses and non-technical founders to create custom software faster and bring ideas to life without traditional limitations.
