₹1 Lakh To ₹1 Crore - AI Business, Solo Founder & Business Growth - Mukund Jha | FO460 Raj Shamani

Jan 20, 2026

Mukund Jha, Founder and CEO of Emergent, shares his insights on AI innovations and entrepreneurship. He explains how no-code platforms are revolutionizing software development, making it accessible to all. Mukund discusses the evolving role of coders and the new opportunities in the Indian tech landscape. He outlines practical strategies to monetize AI, creatively suggests ways to help small businesses, and hints at potential billion-dollar ideas. The conversation dives into AI's implications for the future of work and highlights India's growth potential in the global tech arena.

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INSIGHT

Coding Becomes Agent Management

Coding will evolve into managing and directing many AI agents rather than hand-writing every line.
The crucial skills will be debugging, objective-setting, and observing which agent fails and why.

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Build In Public And Automate Your Job

Start building in public immediately to create distribution from day zero.
Automate parts of your current job with AI and sell that automation to nearby customers.

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Turn Offline SMBs Into Paying Web Clients

Find local small businesses with no website, generate a high-converting site via AI, and sell it.
Use large-language-model prompts plus a no-code builder to ship quickly and charge for setup and maintenance.

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What Emergent Does and No-code AI Apps

02:53 • 1min

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Will Coders Lose Their Jobs?

04:02 • 2min

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India's IT Dream and New Career Paths

06:00 • 5min

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Playbook: How to Make Money with AI

10:50 • 5min

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Quick Wins: Build Websites for Small Businesses

15:38 • 4min

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Simple AI Products That Succeed

19:10 • 2min

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Big Opportunities: Industry Rebuilds and Voice AI

21:31 • 4min

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Using AI to Scale a Creator's Brand

25:08 • 2min

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Plugging AI into Government: Defense Use-Cases

26:52 • 1min

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The New Indian Dream: Entrepreneurship

28:21 • 2min

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How Far Behind Are We Compared to US & China?

30:41 • 4min

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Rogue AGI: Defining the Risk

34:50 • 4min

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AGI Timelines and Fast vs. Slow Takeoff

38:22 • 3min

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Companies vs Countries and Cyclical Shifts

41:04 • 3min

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Which Skills Will Become Worthless?

43:49 • 3min

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The Future of Prompt Engineering

46:21 • 4min

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What Becomes Harder When Apps Are Easy

50:51 • 4min

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Maintenance, Ownership, and Custom Internal Tools

55:14 • 2min

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Why Join an AI Native Startup Now

57:39 • 3min

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Risks of Leaving Stable Jobs and Bubble Concerns

01:00:46 • 5min

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Mukund's Background and Early Career

01:06:15 • 7min

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The Dunzo Story and What Went Wrong

01:13:22 • 5min

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Live Demo: Building a Raj Podcast App on Emergent

Checkout Emergent: https://app.emergent.sh

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(00:00) - Introduction
(03:32) - What Is Emergent?
(04:10) - What Will Happen to Coders?
(12:42) - How to Go from ₹1 Lakh to ₹1 Crore
(18:55) - A Website That’s Making a Lot of Money
(21:30) - The Next Billion-Dollar Idea
(26:49) - Emergent Tool & the Indian Defence System
(28:24) - Entrepreneurship: The New Indian Dream
(30:36) - How Far Behind Are We Compared to the US & China?
(34:59) - AGI & Rogue AGI
(41:04) - Are Companies More Powerful Than Countries Today?
(43:45) - One Skill That Will Become Worthless in the Next Few Years
(46:20) - Prompt Engineering
(50:50) - What’s Going to Get More Difficult Now?
(57:39) - Why Should People Leave Dying Industries & Join AI Startups?
(01:07:33) - Qualifications & How It All Started
(01:15:10) - Dunzo’s Downfall
(01:18:00) - An App Idea for Raj
(01:22:31) - What Kind of Apps Can People Build?
(01:24:38) - BTS
(01:26:02) - Outro

In today’s episode, we have Mukund Jha, Founder and CEO of Emergent, to decode what the AI revolution actually means for builders, coders, and anyone trying to stay relevant in the next few years.This episode is essential for founders, developers, students, and anyone thinking long-term about careers, money, and leverage in the AI era. Watch till the end to understand what to learn, what to ignore, and how to position yourself for what’s coming next.

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