{"id":2321,"date":"2026-07-15T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:07:06","slug":"emergents-ceo-shares-what-he-looks-for-in-developers-in-the-ai-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2321","title":{"rendered":"Emergent&#8217;s CEO shares what he looks for in developers in the AI era"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>As AI reshapes software engineering, the CEO of a buzzy vibe-coding startup is betting that developers will become more valuable, not less.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2319\">The best Fitbits of 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a live Q&amp;A with Business Insider, Emergent CEO and cofounder Mukund Jha said he doesn&#8217;t see AI as a competitor to developers. He said he expects demand for software to &#8220;exponentially increase,&#8221; and the need for developers, designers, and product builders to also grow.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-root-margin=\"100% 0px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cEKbr9tHE70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"Live How Vibe Coding Is Transforming Tech | BI Live\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Emergent is an AI-app building platform that launched in 2025. It announced on Wednesday that it raised $130 million in Series C funding, raising its valuation to $1.5 billion. That&#8217;s a steep increase from its $300 million valuation six months ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see a new class of builders coming online, and our belief is that the need for automation, the need for software generation, is going to rise,&#8221; Jha said during his conversation with Business Insider&#8217;s Dan DeFrancesco.<\/p>\n<p>Even if developer jobs aren&#8217;t going away in the near future, they&#8217;re evolving rapidly \u2014 as are employers&#8217; expectations. Many executives have told Business Insider that AI is changing the skills they prioritize in employees.<\/p>\n<p>Jha said he is looking for candidates who are &#8220;really, really curious about problem solving.&#8221; He also said he wants to see workers who are &#8220;hard-charging, hungry, and looking for impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the AI era, employees are often expected to wear more hats, as traditional roles merge. At Emergent, &#8220;our designers actually write code; our engineers now do designing; our PMs are able to ship a feature themselves,&#8221; said Jha.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2314\">A DeepMind researcher resigned over its AI military deal: \u2018I couldn\u2019t stay at Google in good conscience\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Jumping on that bandwagon&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>As the role of software engineers evolves, Jha said aspiring developers should focus on becoming experts at using AI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Use AI as much as possible,&#8221; Jha said, adding that &#8220;jumping on that bandwagon is really, really important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jha said workers who use AI &#8220;really well&#8221; have increased their capabilities tenfold. However, that doesn&#8217;t mean developers should abandon traditional degrees or expect AI to solve every problem, he said. 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