Harness

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Harness is a privately held, AI-native software delivery platform launched from BIG Labs in 2017. It helps enterprise engineering teams build, test, secure, deploy, operate, and optimize software using automation, AI agents, and a software-delivery knowledge graph.

Primary product

Harness AI Software Delivery Platform: an end-to-end platform spanning CI/CD and GitOps, testing and resilience, feature management, internal developer portal, infrastructure/database DevOps, artifact management, AppSec, SRE, and cloud/AI cost optimization.

Founded

2017

Headquarters

55 Stockton Street, Floor 8, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States

Team size

1,200+ (company-reported in 2026; third-party estimates approximately 1,000–2,000)

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Software development

Sub-industry

AI-native DevOps, software delivery, DevSecOps, testing, and cloud cost management

Offices

San Francisco, CA

Austin, TX

Edina, MN

Denver, CO

Tampa, FL

Mountain View, CA

Redwood City, CA

New York City, NY

Boston, MA

Chicago, IL

Business model

Enterprise B2B SaaS

Usage/module-based software subscriptions

Enterprise sales and support

Open-source/community edition ecosystem

Funding

Stage

Late-stage venture-backed/private, Series E

Total raised

$570M

Latest round

Series E financing (including tender offer) · Dec 2025

Latest amount

$240M

Series E financing

Dec 2025 · Goldman Sachs Alternatives

$240M

Debt financing

Oct 2023 · Silicon Valley Bank / Hercules Capital

$150M

Series D equity plus debt financing

Apr 2022 · Norwest Venture Partners

$230M

Series C plus B-1 financing

Jan 2021 · Alkeon Capital

$115M

Series B

Apr 2019 · IVP, GV, and ServiceNow Ventures

$60M

Earlier Series A/seed financings

Menlo Ventures / BIG Labs

People & investors

Leadership

Jyoti Bansal

Co-Founder & CEO

Rishi Singh

Co-Founder & Board Member

Carlos Delatorre

President, Go To Market

Hanna Steinbach

General Counsel

Luan Lam

Chief People Officer

Sanjay Nagaraj

SVP, Engineering

Gleb Brichko

Chief Marketing Officer

Arpit Patel

Chief Customer Success Officer

Investors

Alkeon Capital Management

Battery Ventures

Capital One Ventures

Citi Ventures

Goldman Sachs Alternatives

Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)

J.P. Morgan

Menlo Ventures

Norwest Venture Partners

ServiceNow Ventures

Unusual Ventures

Work & culture

Harness describes a high-ownership, transparent, customer-focused engineering culture centered on shipping, continuous improvement, trust, humility, remembering the human, and celebrating together. Its engineering material emphasizes operational excellence, reliability, security, measurable customer impact, and using Harness internally as its first customer.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Public careers material states competitive salary and the company offers equity and performance bonuses; role-specific salary bands and sponsorship details were not established in the reviewed sources.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Healthcare

Flexible time off in the United States

Learning and development programs

Parental leave

Equity

Performance bonuses

401(k) and life insurance

Fertility and family benefits

Employee resource groups and DEI programs

Product & market

Pricing

Enterprise-oriented subscription pricing, generally modular/platform-based and quote-led; public evidence reviewed did not establish a single standard price list.

Differentiators

—Unified platform covering software delivery, testing, security, reliability, feature management, and cost optimization
—AI agents and software-delivery knowledge graph providing context across the SDLC after code
—Enterprise governance, security, policy-as-code, and auditability
—More than 100 integrations and support for Kubernetes/cloud-native workflows
—Measured customer outcomes such as faster deployments, reduced cloud spend, and lower delivery toil
—Combination of commercial platform and open-source/community projects

Technology

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

GitHub/GitHub webhooks

Git

Linux

Java

Scala

RabbitMQ

ClickHouse

Istio

Linkerd

Terraform/infrastructure as code

Open Policy Agent/Policy as Code

Microsoft Azure

AWS integrations

AI agents and software-delivery knowledge graph

Customers

United Airlines

Morningstar

Keller Williams

National Australia Bank

Citibank

Citi

Ancestry

Ulta Beauty

Choice Hotels

McAfee

Home Depot

SoulCycle

Bank of Santander

NCR

Beachbody

Competitors

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

CloudBees

ServiceNow DevOps

Spinnaker/Armory

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $250M+ ARR in 2025 (company/press forecast); third-party estimates range approximately $150M–$200M annual revenue.

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jun 2026

Harness acquired Codecov from Sentry and said it would continue investing in the product while preserving open-source free access.

Source

Other

Feb 2025

Harness merged with Jyoti Bansal's Traceable, initially operating Traceable as a unit within Harness; the combined company expected approximately $250M in 2025 annualized revenue.

Source

Latest news

Harness acquires Codecov from Sentry

PR Newswire · Jun 2026

Harness acquired Codecov to add code-coverage intelligence and strengthen software-delivery governance.

Building for the Agentic Era: Engineering Excellence at Harness

Harness Blog · Apr 2026

Harness described engineering practices for AI-agent-era software delivery, including operational reviews, reliability, testing, and governance.

Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise

TechCrunch · Dec 2025

Harness announced a $240M Series E, valuing the company at $5.5B, with a $200M Goldman Sachs primary investment and $40M tender offer.

AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal merges startups Harness, Traceable

CNBC · Feb 2025

Harness and Traceable merged under Harness, combining software delivery and application/API security capabilities.

Harness valuation soars to $3.7B with $230M Series D

PR Newswire · Apr 2022

Harness announced $175M equity led by Norwest plus $55M debt, reaching a $3.7B valuation.

Jobs and careers at Harness

65 jobs at Harness

Senior Sales Engineer - Federal

On-site

Sales Engineering

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

1d ago

On-site

Full-time