Company

Linear

Issue tracking and project management platform designed for modern software development teams, known for its performance-first design philosophy.

Enterprise Software

People

Karri Saarinenco-founder, ceoJory Lintusaarico-founderJori Lalloco-founder

Funding History

Jun 11, 2025Series C

Linear raised an $82M Series C led by Accel at a $1.25B valuation. Sequoia Capital has been a backer since the seed round. The company has 15,000+ customers, posted 280% profit growth over the past year, and counts OpenAI among its customers.

82M

Investors

AccelSequoia Capital

News

Interviews (6)

Linear CEO Karri Saarinen declares 'issue tracking is dead' and reveals Linear's AI-era pivot
26 Mar 2026
Linear's Karri Saarinen: design-in-code tools risk killing conceptual exploration — the real source of innovation
16 Dec 2025
Karri Saarinen on Linear: how AI is reshaping software development workflows
31 Oct 2025
Linear raises $82M Series C at $1.25B valuation with 15,000 customers and 280% profit growth
10 Jun 2025
Jori Lallo on Linear Agents, AI coding tools, and why they don't chase AI hype
23 May 2025
Linear CEO Karri Saarinen on building the default project management tool for AI-era software teams
25 Apr 2025