Jyoti Bansal on how harness is rethinking AI for software delivery

Jyoti Bansal, founder and CEO of Harness, is pioneering AI-native software delivery by reimagining the entire development pipeline, rather than simply integrating AI features into existing tools. In an interview with WorkOS CEO Michael Grinich at HumanX 2026, Bansal highlighted how the bottlenecks in developer productivity shift as AI-generated code increases, emphasizing the need for smarter testing, faster feedback loops, and dynamic delivery systems that can make real-time decisions. Unlike traditional CI/CD tools, Harness aims to embed AI into the platform’s core decision-making processes, allowing it to adapt and optimize everything from test selection to cloud resource management. Bansal argues that true productivity gains come from reducing the time between writing and verifying code in production, rather than just accelerating code generation. The future Bansal envisions includes AI agents as integral parts of the delivery pipeline, capable of reviewing, testing, deploying, and monitoring code, while human developers focus on oversight and complex decision-making, suggesting that static pipelines won't suffice in an AI-driven landscape.

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