# Harness: Information technology & services, San Francisco, United States

> Harness: Harness is an AI-native software delivery platform that helps engineering teams build, test, deploy, and optimize software more efficiently and...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/harness-6 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Harness

Harness is an AI-native software delivery platform that helps engineering teams build, test, deploy, and optimize software more efficiently and securely.

Funding reported Last round: Debt financing

Information technology & services San Francisco, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2017 9 years old
- **Team:** 1,900 1,000+ people
- **Funding reported:** $575M in dollars
- **Last round:** Debt financing May 2024

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Harness has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Harness

Harness is an AI-native software delivery platform that helps engineering teams build, test, deploy, and optimize software more efficiently and securely.

Founded in 2016/2017 by Jyoti Bansal and Rishi Singh, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Harness has experienced significant growth, securing $240 million in Series E funding and achieving a valuation of $5.5 billion, with over 1,000 enterprise customers and more than $250 million in annual recurring revenue. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for the DevOps lifecycle, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, Service Reliability Management, and Security Testing Orchestration. It also provides an AI Development Assistant for enhanced workflows and is delivered as a self-service, subscription-based SaaS solution. Harness serves a diverse range of enterprise clients, including major organizations in technology, finance, and aviation, and aims to empower developers to deliver code reliably and efficiently.

## What company datasets say Harness raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$575M** in dollars

Rounds **8**

Last round **Debt financing**

Last round size **$200M**

Last round date **May 2024**

Investors listed **25**

## Founders and team

From Harness's own website: 2 founders, 6 on the team.

**Jyoti Bansal** Co-Founder & CEO

**Rishi Singh** Co-Founder & Board Member

- **Arpit Patel** Chief Customer Officer
- **Bill Koefoed** Chief Financial Officer
- **Gleb Brichko** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Luan Lam** Chief People Officer
- **Sam Costello** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Hanna Steinbach** General Counsel

## On 12 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Fika Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fika-ventures)
- [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)
- [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital)
- [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital)
- [Rally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rally-ventures)
- [Artisanal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artisanal-ventures)
- [Harmonic Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmonic-growth-partners)
- [BAM Elevate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-elevate)
- [Palo Alto Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palo-alto-growth-capital)
- [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit)
- [TSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsg-2)
- [Alkeon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alkeon-capital)

Each firm lists Harness on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

monitoring and logging health care ai-driven deployment verification ai for incident management professional services consumers ai-powered software delivery developer portal and self-service infrastructure as code management ai for system observability feedback loops ai for devsecops ai for incident triage ai for cloud cost management ai for vulnerability management enterprises

Built with from their website

Microsoft Azure Monitor GitHub Actions Azure Devops ServiceNow Adobe Marketo Engage Docker Adobe Pandora FMS Amazon DynamoDB Google Tag Manager

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- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 54151, 513210, SIC 7375, 7372
- **Region:** California
- **Revenue:** $250M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/harness)

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