Harness, which makes an AI DevOps platform, has a mission of enabling the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users quickly, reliably and efficiently. It has now announced that it is collaborating with Google Cloud to address one of the most urgent challenges in technology – accelerating software delivery in the era of AI. While AI is transforming how code is created, the greater opportunity lies in applying it across the entire software delivery lifecycle so that code moves quickly, securely, and reliably through every stage into production.
Harness AI is built to meet this challenge by applying intelligence and automation to every stage after code, supporting DevOps, Testing, Security, and FinOps practices. This approach advances Harness’ mission to make software delivery more efficient for enterprises, helping teams eliminate toil and achieve tangible productivity gains.
These capabilities are enabled by Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, which provides private, dedicated instances of leading models, including Google’s Gemini 1.5 and 2.5 model series, on a secure, enterprise-grade foundation with built-in privacy, governance, scalability, and compliance guardrails. With Vertex AI, customer data is never stored or used for training. This combination provides enterprises with the security, reliability, and compliance guardrails to adopt Harness AI without risk.
Jyoti Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Harness, noted that Harness, which was launched only in 2017, was named a leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms for the second consecutive year!
“Being named a Leader by Gartner isn’t just a validation of our product but a validation of our approach – a modular, AI-powered platform built with user experience, governance, and resilience at the core,” Bansai said. “From the beginning, we’ve been focused on building a DevOps platform that delivers innovation without sacrificing speed, governance, or reliability. As AI transforms how software is built and released, our mission has become even more important: help teams ship faster, more securely, and at scale.”
“With Harness AI, developers can focus on innovation instead of toil. That means automating the work after code – testing, deployments, optimization – with the scale and resilience global enterprises demand,” said Jyoti Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Harness. “Together with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, we are enabling teams to deliver in days what once took weeks, without compromising security or compliance.”
With roots in Google Cloud, Harness has grown on a shared foundation that enables tight integration and provides customers expanded access through Google Cloud Marketplace. Harness and Google Cloud will continue to deepen their integration, including investments in Google Cloud’s Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol for interoperability. The companies are committed to helping developers move at the speed of innovation while ensuring enterprise safety and compliance.
The process is simple. Start coding, with no setup required. Dedicated, pre-configured cloud development environments (Gitspaces) are connected to your favorite IDE, and ready to code. Click to start your instant ready-to-code development environment. Then, seamlessly connect your favorite IDE, so you can code with no latency. Gitspaces can be pre-configured with all required dependencies, libraries, and tools, so users can be ready to code in an instant. With a single click, Harness Open Source can automatically migrate code repositories and pipelines from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, CircleCI, and more.
“Enterprises want the speed and creativity AI can bring, but they also need the security, governance, and scale to trust it in production,” added Ryan J. Salva, Senior Director of Product Management, Google Cloud. “Harness AI shows exactly how Vertex AI can deliver on those needs, helping global development teams innovate faster, operate more efficiently, and maintain the resilience their businesses depend on.”
The Harness platform has over 300 native DevOps integrations. As their platform grows, so does the opportunity for more robust partnerships with other technology partners. MSPs can manage their customers’ cloud spend with Harness Cloud Cost Management. With Harness, SIs And VARs will grow more pipeline and win more deals. Our partners are able to provide better pricing and faster delivery, while enjoying higher gross margins on the same work as offerings from other competitors.