Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code

Jyoti Bansal, co-founder of Harness, discusses the company's mission to automate and streamline software delivery processes, emphasizing that the real bottleneck in software engineering occurs after code is written, in the stages of testing, verification, security, deployment, and governance. With the rise of AI, the volume of code production has increased, exacerbating the challenges faced by manual workflows and fragmented tools. Harness has raised $240 million in a Series E financing round, which values the company at $5.5 billion, to further develop its AI-driven platform aimed at managing the complexities of software delivery. Bansal highlights Harness's capabilities, including its knowledge graph, AI agents, and orchestration engine, which help organizations accelerate their delivery workflows by reducing manual effort and increasing efficiency. He notes the significant improvements seen by customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, Keller Williams, National Australia Bank, and Citibank, and underscores the importance of delivering software safely and reliably in the AI era.