San Francisco’s fog-shrouded tech enclaves, where innovation and immigration intertwine, witnessed a seismic shift on December 16, 2025, as Jyoti Bansal, the Indian-origin entrepreneur behind billion-dollar software empires, ignited a fresh firestorm over U.S. H-1B visa reforms. Speaking at the annual Tech Immigration Summit hosted by the Silicon Valley Immigration Forum, the 47-year-old CEO of Harness—a $5.5 billion DevOps powerhouse—delivered a blistering keynote that has polarized policymakers, industry leaders, and immigrant advocates alike.