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Founder Interviews · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Founder Interview: Ema’s Surojit Chatterjee on Why Frontier Labs Help Rather Than Hurt

The CEO told TechCrunch customers are moving away from big SaaS applications that are 'becoming like a database'.

Founder Interview: Ema’s Surojit Chatterjee on Why Frontier Labs Help Rather Than Hurt

Ema co-founder and CEO Surojit Chatterjee told TechCrunch that "progress in frontier models is actually very beneficial to us" and that customers are moving away from large SaaS applications because "they are mostly becoming like a database." He founded Ema in 2023 with Souvik Sen, formerly of Okta, and has a background that includes Google and Coinbase.

The company reports revenue growth of 50-fold over two years and about 180% net dollar retention. Those are company-reported figures.

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Source: TechCrunch

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