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Together Fund partner joins Emergent as executive chairman
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Emergent
- What it does
- AI startup for business operations
- Kind
- People
- Founded
- 2025
- Sector
- AI & Deep Tech
What they do
Emergent is an AI coding platform that helps businesses operate differently by using AI as a core operating layer
What happened
Manav Garg, cofounder of Together Fund, became executive chairman on 5 June 2026, two years after Together Fund first backed Emergent in September 2024
Why it matters
Garg will focus on strategy, partnerships, governance and scaling the company
The details
- Manav Garg, cofounder and managing partner of Together Fund, joined AI startup Emergent as executive chairman.
- Garg announced the role change in a LinkedIn post on 5 June 2026.
- His move comes two years after Together Fund first backed Emergent.
- Garg spent the last 18 months working closely with Emergent founders Mukund Jha and Madhav Jha.
- He is not exiting Together Fund and will continue to support and manage the firm's portfolio across Fund I and Fund II.
- Garg will work with Emergent's leadership on strategy, partnerships, governance and scaling.
The bigger picture
- Garg believes AI will fundamentally change business operations; the first wave reshaped content creation, the current wave focuses on software development, and the next phase will make AI a core operating layer for businesses.
- His decision was driven by Emergent's focus on helping businesses operate differently, not just building software faster.
- Investor interest in AI startups has been accelerating globally and in India.
- Garg sees AI as one of the biggest opportunities to build globally significant technology companies from India.
Founders
- Mukund Jha, cofounder
- Madhav Jha, cofounder
About Emergent
- Product
- AI coding startup
- Customers
- Entrepreneurs, SMBs, and non-technical founders building production-ready software
- How it makes money
- SaaS platform providing autonomous AI agents for application development and business operations
- What sets it apart
- Autonomous AI agents handle coding without human expertise; 12+ million apps built on platform; orchestration layer built in-house
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