The magic of software
Computers used to be magical. But much of that magic has been lost over time, replaced by subpar tools and practices that slow teams down and hold great work back.
Frustrated with building and managing software projects in high-growth companies ourselves, we founded a company to build something better.
We named it Linear to signify progress.
Team
Our team has led and delivered large-scale software and design projects in multiple startups and high-growth environments like Uber, Airbnb and Coinbase.
Karri Saarinen
Co-founder, CEO.
Past: Principal Designer at Airbnb. Founding design at Coinbase. YC Alum. Co-founded RailsGirls.
Zoe Bauer
Operations.
Past: Consulting. PjM at Stanford HAI. Technology and ops at Bridgewater Associates.
Tom Moor
Engineering.
Past: Principal Engineer at Abstract, Co-Founder at Buffer.
Tuomas Artman
Co-founder.
Past: Staff engineer and manager, helped scale Uber's mobile engineering team to 400 strong.
Jori Lallo
Co-founder.
Past: Early Coinbase engineer. Created the API and frontend architecture. YC Alum.
Erin Frey
Customer Experience.
Past: Customer experience and growth at Kip and Coach.me. YC & Yale Alum.
Adrien Griveau
Design.
Past: Designer at Microsoft, eFounders, Jour. Created GitHub issues client Gitscout.
Raissa Largman
Engineering.
Past: Staff infrastructure and platform engineer at Slack. Stanford Alum.
Joanne Lavaty
Talent.
Past: Talent at Meta (Facebook), Airbnb, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Riviera Partners. Early at Fitbit.
Our investors
