Entrepreneur | Dreamer | Builder. Founder at Harness, Traceable, AppDynamics & Unusual Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
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Jyoti Bansal is a multi-unicorn founder, serial technology entrepreneur and a passionate mentor and investor in the tech space. He is currently the founder and CEO of two high-growth technology companies: Harness, a platform to automate software delivery processes valued at $3.7 billion as of 2022, and Traceable AI — a cybersecurity platform for securing software applications.
Both of these companies reflect Jyoti’s passionate belief that software can change the world for the better and build on the success of his first company, AppDynamics, which was acquired by Cisco for $3.7 billion in 2017. Founded in 2008, AppDynamics is an application intelligence company that provides enterprises with real-time insights into application performance. Jyoti led the company as founder and CEO for the first eight years, and as founder & Chairman for the last year until its acquisition by Cisco.
In addition to running Harness and Traceable, Jyoti is highly involved in developing the next generation of technology companies through mentorship and investment. In 2017 he launched BIG Labs, a startup accelerator aimed at solving extraordinarily difficult technology problems, and in 2018 co-founded VC firm Unusual Ventures with John Vrionis. The firm currently has more than $1 billion under management.
Jyoti has also been the recipient of many leadership awards, including Forbes’ “Best Cloud Computing CEO to Work For”, “Best CEO” by San Francisco Business Times, and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year for Northern California.
Jyoti received his BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is a prolific inventor and has more than 25 US patents under his name.
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Security and engineering don’t need to be at odds. Mark-David McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Rahul B. from Citizens Bank discuss how they’ve fostered trust…
Security and engineering don’t need to be at odds. Mark-David McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Rahul B. from Citizens Bank discuss how they’ve fostered trust…
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🏆 Harness made Inc. Magazine’s 2025 Power Partners List (again!) — an award based on direct customer testimonials. This recognition highlights what…
🏆 Harness made Inc. Magazine’s 2025 Power Partners List (again!) — an award based on direct customer testimonials. This recognition highlights what…
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Founder & CEO
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AppDynamics
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Senior Software Engineer
netLens / NextPage
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AI security isn’t just a dev or cloud issue; it’s a lifecycle challenge. Join Wiz VP of Product Oron Noah at the AI for DevSecOps Summit on Nov 12…
AI security isn’t just a dev or cloud issue; it’s a lifecycle challenge. Join Wiz VP of Product Oron Noah at the AI for DevSecOps Summit on Nov 12…
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Speedway Motors, Inc went from stressful, high-risk 4 a.m. deployments to safe, progressive delivery using Harness Feature Management &…
Speedway Motors, Inc went from stressful, high-risk 4 a.m. deployments to safe, progressive delivery using Harness Feature Management &…
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Deeply thankful for some of the greatest friends, colleagues and family members I've been able to create, by working in a high performing American…
Deeply thankful for some of the greatest friends, colleagues and family members I've been able to create, by working in a high performing American…
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We’ve just wrapped our 2025 Fall Unusual Ventures Academy, a week-long, intensive program where technical enterprise founders worked side-by-side to…
We’ve just wrapped our 2025 Fall Unusual Ventures Academy, a week-long, intensive program where technical enterprise founders worked side-by-side to…
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When I joined Harness 6 years ago, I knew then that I was working for the best founder in tech. It’s awesome to see that the market now recognizes…
When I joined Harness 6 years ago, I knew then that I was working for the best founder in tech. It’s awesome to see that the market now recognizes…
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Enjoyed the conversation with the one and only Jyoti Bansal! Has always had a gift for finding PMF. Now AI is accelerating the number of products…
Enjoyed the conversation with the one and only Jyoti Bansal! Has always had a gift for finding PMF. Now AI is accelerating the number of products…
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Security and engineering don’t need to be at odds. Mark-David McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Rahul B. from Citizens Bank discuss how they’ve fostered trust…
Security and engineering don’t need to be at odds. Mark-David McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Rahul B. from Citizens Bank discuss how they’ve fostered trust…
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🚀 #DevOpsSuccess: WorkJam cut their CI process time by 40% with Harness! By leveraging Harness templates and automation, WorkJam accelerated…
🚀 #DevOpsSuccess: WorkJam cut their CI process time by 40% with Harness! By leveraging Harness templates and automation, WorkJam accelerated…
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Party people! Give me a shout if you're going to AWS re:Invent next week, I'd love to connect. More specifically... you can find me at the Harness…
Party people! Give me a shout if you're going to AWS re:Invent next week, I'd love to connect. More specifically... you can find me at the Harness…
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