The New Stack Podcast Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal on Why AI Coding Doesn't Help You Ship Faster
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Oct 10, 2025 Jyoti Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Harness and a seasoned entrepreneur, dives into the complexities of AI in software development. He reveals how AI tools often create bottlenecks in testing and deployment rather than speeding up the process. Bansal discusses the importance of human oversight and the role of specialized agents within Harness AI that enhance pipeline efficiency. He also shares insights on the evolving landscape of AI, likening its current hype to the dot-com bubble, which will ultimately lead to meaningful innovations.
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One UI, Many Agents Behind The Scenes
- Users interact with one unified AI interface while agents run behind the scenes.
- The UI suggests likely tasks by learning user memory and project context.
Enable Custom Autonomous Agents
- Allow customers to create autonomous agents for repeatable maintenance tasks.
- Let agents run background upgrades but keep tests and pipelines validating changes.
Domain Expertise Over Foundational Models
- Most good engineers can become AI engineers; the company didn't need to build foundational models.
- Harness builds on Anthropic, OpenAI and focuses on domain expertise and data/context plumbing.