Linear
Linear is a San Francisco-based software company founded in 2019 by Karri Saarinen, Jori Lallo, and Tuomas Artman, three Finland-born engineers and designers who met through the Helsinki startup community and previously worked at Coinbase, Airbnb, and Uber. The company builds a purpose-built issue-tracking and product development platform designed for speed, later expanding into AI-assisted planning and coding workflows as agents increasingly participate in software development alongside humans. Linear achieved profitability roughly two years after founding while running a lean team, and is used by more than 33,000 companies including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp. The company has raised a total of $134.2 million, most recently an $82 million Series C led by Accel at a $1.25 billion valuation, with backing from Sequoia and a long list of well-known tech executive angels including Figma's Dylan Field, Stripe's Patrick Collison, and former Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield.
Company Facts
- Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
- Founded: 2019
- Employees: 271
- Type: startup
- Website: https://linear.app
- Industries: Developer Tools, Project Management Software, SaaS, AI Agents
Key People at Linear
- Casey Bertenthal — Head of Sales
- Nan Yu — Head of Product
- Tuomas Artman — Co-Founder & CTO
- Karri Saarinen — Co-Founder & CEO
- Jori Lallo — Co-Founder & CPO
- Cristina Cordova — Chief Operating Officer