Linear
Building purpose-built tools for the next era of product development, where teams and AI agents operate together in a shared, structured environment.
At a Glance
- Software development teams
- High-growth tech startups
- AI-native companies
- Enterprise product organizations
AI Tools by Linear
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Linear MCP Server
Linear Workspace MCP Server
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Software Dev Issue Tracker
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Latest News
Linear celebrates 7 years with 118 employees and 6.3X ARR growth from enterprise customers.
Linear announces $82M Series C at $1.25B valuation, led by Accel.
Linear reaches $100M ARR milestone.
Linear launches native mobile app for on-the-go product management.
Products & Services
The primary issue tracking and project management system for software teams.
Native mobile application for managing workflows on the go.
An AI platform and standardized interface for AI agents to work within Linear workflows.
An integration for managing customer requests directly from Slack or Email.
Market Position
Linear positions itself as a fast, high-performance, and opinionated alternative to legacy tools like Jira, emphasizing 'software craftsmanship' and AI integration.
Leadership
Founders
Karri Saarinen
Co-founder & CEO. Previously Principal Designer at Airbnb and Design Lead at Coinbase.
Jori Lallo
Co-founder & CPO. Previously Software Engineer at Coinbase and Founder of Kippt.
Tuomas Artman
Co-founder & CTO. Previously Staff Engineer at Uber and iOS Developer at various startups.
Executive Team
Karri Saarinen
Co-founder & CEO
Former Principal Designer at Airbnb, Design Lead at Coinbase.
Jori Lallo
Co-founder & CPO
Former Software Engineer at Coinbase, Founder of Kippt.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded by former Airbnb, Coinbase, and Uber designers and engineers who were frustrated with the clunkiness of existing project management tools. They aimed to build a system focused on speed, quality, and craftsmanship.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based (SaaS) with tiers based on features and usage.
Pricing Tiers
Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues, Agent platform, Linear Agent
All Free features +, 5 teams, Unlimited issues, Unlimited file uploads, Admin roles (Billed yearly)
All Basic features +, Unlimited teams, Private teams and guests, Triage Intelligence, Loops, Code Intelligence (beta), Linear Insights, Linear Asks, Zendesk and Intercom integrations (Billed yearly)
SSO/SAML, SCIM, Unlimited history, Advanced security, Priority support
Target Markets
- Software development teams
- High-growth tech startups
- AI-native companies
- Enterprise product organizations
- Software issue tracking
- Product roadmap management
- Sprint planning (Cycles)
- Customer request triage
- AI agent coordination
- OpenAI
- Coinbase
- Ramp
- Cash App