New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Emergent has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Together Fund, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures and angels including Jeff Dean, Devendra Chaplot and Balaji Srinivasan. The round brings Emergent's total funding to $30 million, including a $7 million seed round. The company said it will use the funds to grow the team, deepen research efforts and expand the platform.

Emergent offers an AI-driven, no-code "vibe-coding" platform that the company says lets users - including small business owners, solo founders and creators - build and launch production-ready applications without writing code. The platform handles front-end screens, back-end services, authentication, payments an...