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Harness acquires Augment's coding agent software

Harness has bought Augment Code’s software—including its autonomous coding agents, command line interface, and code context retrieval engine—for an undisclosed sum. The idea: bring AI-powered coding from bug report to pull request onto Harness’s software delivery platform. Teams will be able to let AI agents automate coding tasks and learn from past failures, but the headline integration—using deployment and test history to inform code changes—hasn’t launched yet. For now, the new tools are available separately.

Why it mattersThis could push AI deeper into software development, not just for writing code but for improving releases and fixes by learning from past deployments. If it works, Harness could make it easier for engineers to rely on autonomous agents safely, knowing human oversight steps in where it matters most.

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