# Mukund Jha

> Mukund Jha is the co-founder and CEO of Emergent, an AI software creation company built with his twin brother Madhav Jha. A programmer since childhood, he studied computer science at NIT Allahabad and machine learning at Columbia, worked on Google Search, launched two early startups, and spent eight years building Dunzo's technology before starting again. Emergent now targets non-technical entrepreneurs and small businesses with AI agents that design, code, test, deploy, and maintain applications; in July 2026 the company announced a $130 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Emergent
- **Organizations:** Emergent, Dunzo, Google, Wisdom.ly, Habet, Columbia Business School
- **From:** Chandigarh, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Computer Science, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Master's in Machine Learning, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Helped turn Dunzo from a WhatsApp-based service into an AI- and machine-learning-driven logistics platform., Built Google's Education for All product during a 2010 internship and later worked on Search Quality and ranking., Co-founded Emergent, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company focused on agent-based software creation.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Built a speech synthesizer while in college.
- **2008** — Interned at Universitat Politècnica de València and worked on speech recognition.
- **2010** — Interned at Google and worked on an Education for All product.
- **2011-2013** — Worked as a Google software engineer on Search Quality and search ranking.
- **2013** — Co-founded virtual events startup Wisdom.ly, selected for Startup Chile.
- **2014** — Co-founded goal-tracking platform Habet.
- **2015** — Returned to India and co-founded Dunzo in July, leading its technology organization.
- **2023** — Departed Dunzo after serving as co-founder and CTO.
- **2024** — Co-founded Emergent with twin brother Madhav Jha and joined Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.
- **2025-06** — Publicly launched Emergent's AI software creation platform.
- **2025-09** — Emergent raised a $23 million Series A led by Lightspeed.
- **2026-01** — Emergent raised a $70 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
- **2026-07** — Emergent raised a $130 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation; the company reported $230 million in total funding and more than 12 million apps built.

## Achievements

- Helped turn Dunzo from a WhatsApp-based service into an AI- and machine-learning-driven logistics platform.
- Built Google's Education for All product during a 2010 internship and later worked on Search Quality and ranking.
- Co-founded Emergent, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company focused on agent-based software creation.
- Led Emergent as it announced $120 million in annualized revenue, more than 200,000 paying customers, and a $1.5 billion valuation in July 2026.
- Emergent reported more than 12 million applications built on its platform by July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Emergent announced a $130 million Series C led by Creaegis at a $1.5 billion valuation, bringing total funding to $230 million.
- **2026-07** — Emergent reported more than 12 million applications built since launch and more than 200,000 paying customers.
- **2026-05** — Emergent previewed Wingman, an agent designed to automate business workflows beyond app creation.
- **2026-02** — Emergent reported reaching a $100 million annual revenue run rate within eight months of launch.

## Links

- Website: https://emergent.sh
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukund-jha-a1596413/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mukundjha

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Last updated: 2026-08-18