Harness — Startup Profile

Software delivery and engineering management tools.

HQ: San Francisco, California, United States | Founded: 2017 | Employees: Not publicly disclosed | Stage: Series E / private | Website: https://www.harness.io

About

Harness sells software that helps engineering teams release and operate applications. Its tools cover automated testing, deployment, feature flags, cloud cost management, and security. The company is increasingly positioning the platform as a way to manage software built with AI assistance.

The Take

Harness grew from software delivery into a broad engineering platform, which gives it room to expand inside existing customers. The tradeoff is complexity: it must show that its many tools work together better than focused competitors.

Key Metrics

Founded: 2017
Latest funding: $200M primary plus $40M tender offer
Status: Series E / private

Funding Rounds

Round: $200M primary plus $40M tender offer (2025-12) — Goldman Sachs

Key People

Jyoti Bansal
Rishi Singh

Key Competitors

GitLab —
JFrog —
Datadog —

Timeline Highlights

2025-12: Series E / financing: $200M primary plus $40M tender offer

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