India, June 4 -- Together Fund's cofounder and managing partner Manav Garg joined AI startup Emergent as executive chairman two years after first backing the company.

In a LinkedIn post today, Garg said he will work with Emergent's leadership team on strategy, partnerships, governance and scaling the business as it enters its next phase of growth.

He believes that AI will fundamentally change how businesses operate, prompting the switch. He argued that while the first wave of AI reshaped content creation and the current wave is focused on software development, the next phase will see AI become a core operating layer for businesses.

He said he has spent the last 18 months working closely with Emergent's founders, Mukund and Madhav Jha. ...