What Harness does

Harness Inc., founded in 2017 by Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, sold to Cisco for $3.7 billion in 2017), is a privately held AI software delivery platform headquartered at 55 Stockton Street, San Francisco, with a strategic R&D hub in Bangalore. The company provides a unified platform-plus-modules architecture covering the entire post-code software delivery lifecycle, including Continuous Integration (with claimed 4x faster builds), Continuous Delivery and GitOps, AI Test Automation, Resilience Testing (built on CNCF LitmusChaos), Feature Management and Experimentation, AI SRE, Internal Developer Portal, Infrastructure as Code Management, Database DevOps, Artifact Registry with Dependency Firewall, Application Security Testing, Web Application and API Protection (via Traceable), AI Security (Discovery, Testing, AI Firewall, Secure AI Coding), and Cloud and AI Cost Management. The unifying layer is the proprietary Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, which connects deployment event logs, runtime data, and application dependency information to provide contextual reasoning for the platform's AI capabilities, including the recently launched Autonomous Worker Agents that operate as pipeline-native steps with sandboxing, scoped credentials, policy enforcement, and audit trails.

The platform supports 1,000+ enterprise customers globally, with named logos spanning financial services (Citi, JPMorgan Chase, Morningstar, National Australia Bank), airlines and travel (United Airlines, Choice Hotels), retail (Home Depot, Ulta Beauty), consumer technology (Ancestry), and enterprise SaaS (Workday). Native integrations span the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes), code repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), observability tools (Datadog, New Relic), ITSM platforms (Jira, ServiceNow), and data warehouses (Snowflake). Open-source components include Harness Open Source, Gitness, Gitspaces, and LitmusChaos (donated to CNCF), supporting a product-led growth motion alongside direct enterprise field sales and channel partnerships with major systems integrators (Infosys, Wipro) and cloud marketplaces (Google Cloud).

The company operates a subscription-based revenue model with Free (developer/SMB), Essentials (growing organization), and Enterprise (modular, quote-based) tiers, complemented by professional services under a 'We Guide, You Drive' model. ARR exceeded $250 million in 2025 with 50%+ year-over-year growth, supported by a $240 million Series E financing in December 2025 led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives at a $5.5 billion post-money valuation. The company maintains SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and FedRamp-aligned capabilities, positioning it for regulated enterprise and federal-adjacent workloads, and has executed at least seven acquisitions or mergers since 2021 (ZeroNorth, Lightwing, ChaosNative, Drone.io, OverOps, Propelo, Armory, Split Software, Rig.dev, Traceable, webapp.io, Qwiet AI, Codecov) to consolidate DevSecOps and AI-delivery capabilities into a single integrated offering.

Name

Harness

Legal name

Harness Inc.

Website

https://harness.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Harness provides an AI-powered software delivery platform for enterprise engineering teams, unifying CI/CD, testing, security, deployment, and cost management around a proprietary Software Delivery Knowledge Graph. It serves 1,000+ enterprises including Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and United Airlines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Delivery Platform Subscription: Annual or multi-year subscription plans for access to the Harness AI Software Delivery Platform. Tiered plans include Free (for individual developers), Essentials (for growing organizations), and Enterprise (for large-scale organizations with complex needs). Pricing is modular with customers selecting specific modules based on needs.
2. Professional Services: Onboarding and Adoption Professional Services delivered via a 'We Guide, You Drive' model with project weeks and sprints. Includes Implementation Design Document, Project Plan, knowledge transfer, and ongoing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Harness provides an AI-powered Software Delivery Platform that automates and secures the software delivery lifecycle, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, feature management, cloud cost management, application security testing, and chaos engineering. The platform uses a Software Delivery Knowledge Graph and Autonomous Worker Agents to drive AI-augmented delivery, release orchestration, and reliability for engineering teams.

Product overview

Harness is an AI Software Delivery Platform that offers a unified platform-plus-modules architecture covering the entire software delivery lifecycle. The core platform includes Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery & GitOps, which form the foundation for all other modules. Testing & Resilience modules include AI Test Automation, Resilience Testing (powered by LitmusChaos), Feature Management & Experimentation, and AI SRE. Security & Compliance modules include Application Security Testing, Web Application & API Protection, and AI Security (including Secure AI Coding and AI Firewall). Cost & Optimization modules include Cloud & AI Cost Management and AI DLC Insights. Developer Experience modules include Internal Developer Portal, Infrastructure as Code Management, Database DevOps, and Artifact Registry. The platform also includes Harness Open Source offerings (Gitness, Gitspaces), and all capabilities are tied together by the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph and AI-powered automation. The company has expanded through acquisitions including ChaosNative (LitmusChaos), ZeroNorth, OverOps, and recent acquisitions of webapp.io and Codecov.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harness Open Source: End-to-end open source software delivery platform for code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud development environments.
• Harness AI
• LitmusChaos
• Gitness
• Gitspaces
• Harness Software Delivery Knowledge Graph
• Agent Marketplace
• Software Delivery Knowledge Graph

Products and services

• Continuous Delivery & GitOps

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% reduction in test cycle times
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration22 records

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Google CloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 22 April 2026Integration announced at Google Cloud Next 2026 between Harness Software Delivery Knowledge Graph and Google Cloud's Developer Connect, giving joint customers a unified AI-driven view of entire software delivery lifecycle. Harness MCP Server became accessible within Google's Gemini Enterprise environment. Harness adopted Google's Agent2Agent protocol for AI agent collaboration across development workflows. Joint customers can diagnose and remediate issues faster with AI accessing deployment event logs, runtime data, and application dependency information from both platforms.
• SentrycoreTechnology or Integration · 10 April 2026Ongoing partnership with Sentry to ensure continuity for Codecov customers following Harness's acquisition of Codecov. Both companies planning continued collaboration to maintain service for joint customers.
• InfosyscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2026Strategic collaboration announced April 7, 2026, combining Infosys Topaz Fabric and Cobalt platforms with Harness AI Software Delivery Platform to accelerate agentic AI-led software delivery transformation for enterprises globally. Partnership aims to standardize and automate the end-to-end path from code to production, improving productivity, AI governance, and time-to-market at scale. Targets complex, high-scale, and regulated environments with focus on hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. Infosys CEO Salil Parekh and Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal emphasized collaboration for responsible AI adoption with speed, predictability, and control.
• WorkdaycoreTechnology or Integration · 23 March 2026Partnership announced March 2026 for Workday to use Harness AI Software Delivery Platform to enhance enterprise software delivery processes at scale. Harness provides AI-driven verification tools to verify code for security, performance, and compliance in real-time, helping Workday's engineering teams reduce manual coordination and focus on building AI features. Designed to help Workday deliver agentic AI capabilities faster while maintaining rigorous security and governance standards.
• WiprocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026Strategic collaboration announced March 17, 2026, combining Wipro's WEGA agent-native platform with Harness AI Software Delivery Platform to help global enterprises accelerate AI-native software delivery. Partnership aims to address growing software delivery complexity by modernizing development, automating releases, reducing deployment risk, and improving outcomes across speed, stability, and cost efficiency. Wipro shares rose 2.33% following the announcement. Both CEOs highlighted collaboration establishing a 'proven blueprint for AI-native software delivery in an AI-first world.'

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Broad incumbents

• Datadog:
• GitHub (Microsoft): GitHub, owned by Microsoft, offers GitHub Actions for CI/CD, Dependabot for security, Codespaces, and Copilot for AI code generation. As the dominant source code host, GitHub represents both a key integration partner and a major competitive threat to Harness's CI/CD and code-security modules.
• Atlassian: Atlassian provides Bitbucket (source code), Jira (issue tracking), and Compass/Bamboo (CI/CD) as part of a broader developer collaboration suite. It is an incumbent competitor across the SDLC and competes for the same enterprise developer tooling wallet.

Direct peers

• GitLab: GitLab is a leading AI-powered DevSecOps platform offering an integrated suite covering source code management, CI/CD, security testing, and deployment. It is the most direct competitor to Harness's CI/CD plus security platform approach and competes head-to-head for enterprise DevSecOps buyers.
• JFrog: JFrog provides an end-to-end DevSecOps platform with strong capabilities in artifact management, binary security, and software supply chain — directly overlapping with Harness's Artifact Registry, Dependency Firewall, and Continuous Delivery modules for enterprise software delivery.
• CircleCI: CircleCI is a leading CI/CD platform focused on continuous integration and delivery at scale, including pipelines-as-code and orbs. It competes directly with Harness Continuous Integration, particularly for engineering teams standardizing on cloud-native CI/CD.
• CloudBees: CloudBees is an enterprise CI/CD platform built on Jenkins, offering managed continuous delivery and DevOps orchestration. It targets the same enterprise CI/CD buyer as Harness and is one of the most direct competitors in large-scale regulated deployments.
• Snyk: Snyk is a developer security platform offering SAST, SCA, container security, and AI-generated code protection. It overlaps directly with Harness's Application Security Testing, AI Security, and Secure AI Coding modules and competes for the same AppSec budget.
• Sonar (SonarSource): Sonar provides code quality and code security analysis (SonarQube, SonarCloud) integrated into developer workflows. It is comparable to Harness's Secure AI Coding and Application Security Testing capabilities, especially for code-level vulnerability detection.
• LaunchDarkly: LaunchDarkly is a feature management and experimentation platform for feature flags, progressive rollouts, and A/B testing. It directly competes with Harness's Feature Management & Experimentation module (originating from the Split Software acquisition).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/harnessio
• GitHubgithub.com/harness/drone
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/Harnessio
• Facebookfacebook.com/harnessinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harnessinc
• Instagraminstagram.com/harness.io

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds10 records

Investors32 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A14 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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