# Jyoti Bansal

> Jyoti Bansal is co-founder and CEO of Harness. Auggie CLI on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CEO, Harness.

Jyoti Bansal co-founded Harness in 2017 and is its chief executive. He earlier founded AppDynamics, and in 2018 co-founded the API security company Traceable and the venture firm Unusual Ventures. He studied computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and is the lead inventor on more than 20 US patents.

## What Jyoti builds

- [Auggie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie.md), graded D, 51/100, in Agent harnesses. Augment Code's terminal coding agent, owned by Harness since 8 October 2026. It runs interactively, in print mode for scripts and CI, as an ACP agent for editors and as an MCP server for code retrieval. Co-founder and CEO, Harness, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Guy Gur-Ari](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guy-gur-ari/), Co-founder, Augment Code
- [Igor Ostrovsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/igor-ostrovsky/), Co-founder and CTO, Augment Code
- [Matt McClernan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matt-mcclernan/), CEO, Augment Code
- [Rishi Singh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rishi-singh/), Co-founder and board member, Harness, and its founding CTO

## Backed by

- [Sutter Hill Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sutter-hill-ventures/)
- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/innovation-endeavors/)
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners/)
- [Meritech Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/meritech-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is Jyoti Bansal?

Jyoti Bansal co-founded Harness in 2017 and is its chief executive. He earlier founded AppDynamics, and in 2018 co-founded the API security company Traceable and the venture firm Unusual Ventures. He studied computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and is the lead inventor on more than 20 US patents.

### What does Harness (formerly Augment Code) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Auggie CLI from Harness (formerly Augment Code). Augment Code's terminal coding agent, owned by Harness since 8 October 2026. It runs interactively, in print mode for scripts and CI, as an ACP agent for editors and as an MCP server for code retrieval.

### Who has invested in Harness (formerly Augment Code)?

The sources our research read name Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Meritech Capital.

### How are Jyoti's tools graded?

Auggie CLI is graded D, 51 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.harness.io/press-and-news/harness-acquires-augment-code
- https://www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment-code-next-chapter
- https://x.com/igoro
- https://www.humanx.co/speakers/guy-gur-ari
- https://x.com/guygr
- https://www.augmentcode.com/
- https://support.augmentcode.com/
- https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/overview
- https://docs.augmentcode.com/troubleshooting/feedback
- https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/sla-and-support-policy

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