Post mortem on Linear security incident on March 24th, 2026
A code change temporarily weakened team-level permissions within some workspaces from 12:07 to 1:10 UTC (about one hour) due to a bug that caused a permission filter to be skipped.
Designing remote work at Linear
Inside how we work: the systems, rituals, and principles that make remote work at Linear intentional.
Giving our team liquidity through Linear’s first tender offer
As part of our Series C, we completed a tender offer that gave current and former teammates the opportunity to sell a portion of their vested options at a $1.25B valuation, the same price offered to our investors.
Building our way: Announcing our Series C
We’ve raised an $82M Series C at a $1.25B. We could write the usual post about how excited we are for what’s next — but I won’t. The truth is, not much changes after a raise. We go back to building.
Post mortem on Linear incident from Jan 24th, 2024
On Wednesday January 24, Linear experienced a temporary data loss incident from 04:47 to 09:56 UTC (about five hours) due to restoration from backup.
Linear raises $35M Series B led by Accel
Led by Accel, with participation from Sequoia Capital, 01Advisors, and some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs including the founders of Slack, Vercel, and Supercell.Welcoming Cristina Cordova to LinearKarri Saarinen·May 23, 2023Linear – 2021 WrappedJulian Lehr·Dec 17, 2021Fast growing startups are built on LinearKarri Saarinen·Jun 29, 2021Linear raises $13M in Series A funding from Sequoia CapitalKarri Saarinen·Dec 08, 2020Practices for Building — Linear is now open for allKarri Saarinen·Jun 30, 2020Linear’s Next Chapter: Announcing our $4.2M Seed RoundKarri Saarinen·Nov 21, 2019