Emergent is an AI platform by Emergent Labs (YC S24) for building full-stack web and mobile applications through a conversation with an AI agent. The user describes the application in natural language, and the system autonomously creates the frontend code, backend, database, configures the deployment, and publishes the result. The goal is to enable production-app building without programming knowledge (SMB owners, IT agencies, product managers, operations teams) and to accelerate developer work. In 2026 Emergent Labs announced a Series C round of USD 130M at a USD 1.5B valuation.
The conversational engine is powered by frontier models: OpenAI (GPT-5, GPT-4.1), Anthropic (Claude Sonnet 4.5, Opus), Google (Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 2.5). The user can pick a model in the UI or let the system decide. Emergent does not train its own foundation models โ the added value lies in orchestrating the app-building agent, integrations with popular tools, the deployment layer, and UX aimed at non-technical users.
Key features: natural-language app building, one-click LLM integration, private project hosting, GitHub integration (the code is owned by the user and can be downloaded), system-prompt editor (Pro), custom AI agent creation (Pro), Ultra Thinking mode with a 1M-token context window (Pro), Fork Tasks (experimenting with variants), a build-credits system (Free 10, Standard 100, Pro 750, extra purchasable). Enterprise: SSO, domain capture, higher usage limits.
The integrations ecosystem covers 100+ popular tools across categories: databases (Airtable, Notion, Supabase, Google Sheets, Excel), payments (Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Square, Klaviyo), CRM and sales (Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Attio, Close, Apollo.io, Constant Contact, Mailchimp, Mailerlite), design (Figma, Canva, Framer, Wix, Webflow, Bubble), communication (Slack, Discord, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook, Google Chat, RingCentral, Calendly), e-commerce (Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon Seller Central, Ecwid, ShipStation), CI/CD (GitHub, Azure DevOps), analytics (Tableau, Power BI), video/audio AI (ElevenLabs, HeyGen, Google Flow), forms (Typeform, Jotform, Google Forms), accounting/ERP (QuickBooks, FreshBooks, NetSuite, Sage, Wave, Expensify), customer support (Zendesk, Freshdesk), and AI (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Zapier Chatbots, Fathom).
Pricing (as of July 2026): Free (USD 0/mo, 10 credits, essential features, model access), Standard (USD 17/mo annual / USD 20/mo monthly, 100 credits, private hosting, GitHub, fork tasks), Pro (USD 167/mo annual / USD 200/mo monthly, 750 credits, 1M ctx, Ultra Thinking, custom agents, system-prompt edit, priority support), Enterprise (custom, more usage, SSO, domain capture, dedicated support). Certifications: SOC 2, ISO. Code generated by the system is owned by the user โ it can be downloaded, hosted on any infrastructure, and modified manually.
