Ness Digital Engineering launches ATONIS: An AI-powered engineering workbench to accelerate product innovation

Bridging intelligence and engineering maturity for a digital-first world

Today’s engineering teams face mounting pressure to deliver smarter, faster, and more reliable software as traditional development cycles struggle to keep pace with evolving demands. Intelligent automation, AI copilots, and real-time insights are now redefining how products are designed, built, and deployed—ushering in a new era of speed, precision, and innovation in software engineering.

To keep that Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) within control, Ness Digital Engineering (Ness), a global full-lifecycle digital services transformation company, is launching ATONIS, an AI-powered, automated engineering workbench designed to revolutionize the entire PDLC from planning to deployment through intelligent automation, real-time insights, and smart copilots.

ATONIS is the latest addition to Ness’s Intelligent Engineering portfolio, an integrated approach to building future-ready software products that learn, evolve, and deliver intelligence as a service. With over two decades of heritage in developing differentiated enterprise software, Ness combines product engineering excellence, agile delivery, automation, and continuous improvement through its proprietary delivery management platform.

“With ATONIS, we’re pushing the boundaries of what is possible by embedding AI into the core of engineering execution. We will continue to invest in technologies that redefine how enterprise software is imagined and delivered.” — Dr. Ranjit Tinaikar, CEO, Ness Digital Engineering

“At Ness, we believe that intelligent engineering goes beyond writing code. It’s about driving engineering maturity that accelerates time-to-market, enhances product quality, and sparks innovation,” said Dr. Ranjit Tinaikar, CEO, Ness Digital Engineering. He further added, “With ATONIS, we’re pushing the boundaries of what is possible by embedding AI into the core of engineering execution. We will continue to invest in technologies that redefine how enterprise software is imagined and delivered.”

ATONIS directly addresses today’s engineering challenges by reducing manual effort by up to 50%, enabling teams to focus on solving complex problems. It also accelerates delivery timelines, ensuring faster go-to-market for critical products. Moreover, it boosts consistency and quality, elevating customer satisfaction and retention.

In a world where software is no longer a differentiator but a necessity, businesses must adopt systems that learn and evolve. ATONIS is not just a tool but an intelligent collaborator that adapts to engineering contexts and amplifies developer productivity.

“ATONIS reflects our vision of intelligent engineering, where AI doesn’t replace humans but empowers them to deliver smarter, faster, and better.” — Vikas Basra, Global Head, Intelligent Engineering Practice, Ness Digital Engineering

“ATONIS reflects our vision of intelligent engineering, where AI doesn’t replace humans but empowers them to deliver smarter, faster, and better. The platform is purpose-built to streamline the full software development lifecycle from design and development to testing and maintenance while supporting software modernization and transformation journeys. With this, businesses are better positioned to scale innovation, respond to market shifts, and stay ahead in a digital-first world,” added Vikas Basra, Global Head, Intelligent Engineering Practice, Ness Digital Engineering.

Smoothing the Path Across the PDLC

ATONISis an AI-powered, automated engineering workbench that accelerates product development by reducing manual effort, improving productivity, and ensuring seamless delivery. Spanning the entire PDLC, it leverages intelligent automation, real-time insights, and AI copilots to drive speed, quality, and alignment with business goals, enabling cost-effective, scalable software delivery.

ATONIS has several key capabilities that smoothen the path across the PDLC. Its Requirements Co-Pilot auto-generates user stories and epics from business needs, streamlining backlog creation and enhancing Product Owner productivity. Its Architecture Analyzer evaluates codebases and generates wireframes, blueprints, and DB designs, accelerating early-stage design.

It also has a Coding Co-Pilot, which produces pseudocode and production-ready code from user stories in the IDE, while the Modernization Co-Pilot converts legacy codebases into modern tech stacks, reducing tech debt.

For testing, there is the Testing Co-Pilot creating functional and regression test cases automatically, improving coverage and efficiency, while DevOps Automation enables self-service setup of CI/CD pipelines for faster, reliable deployments. And finally, for measurement, Intelligence Service delivers real-time insights into delivery speed, quality, and risks, long before retrospectives.

Ness, headquartered in New York, serves customers across 11 innovation hubs in the US, Eastern Europe, and India. The company, which was acquired by global investment firm KKR in 2022, has been combining core competence in engineering with the latest in digital strategy and technology.