tech
January 29, 2026
Rocket.new: The Vibe Coding Startup With US$15M in Funding
Rocket.new secures US$15m in seed funding led by Salesforce Ventures for enterprise app development with its advanced vibe coding AI platform

TL;DR
- Rocket.new, an Indian AI startup, has raised $15 million in seed funding led by Salesforce Ventures.
- The company's 'vibe coding' platform uses AI to generate production-ready enterprise applications from natural language descriptions.
- Rocket.new focuses on building full-scale applications rather than just prototypes.
- The platform operates as an agentic system, capable of autonomous goal achievement in product development.
- It integrates multiple language models (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini) with proprietary deep learning systems.
- Since launching its beta in June, Rocket.new has accumulated 400,000 users and achieved $4.5 million in annual recurring revenue.
- The company plans to establish a US headquarters in Palo Alto.
- Users include individuals from Meta, PayPal, KPMG, PwC, and Times Internet.