Linear
FeaturedThe issue tracker built for high-performance teams.
Founded in 2019 by Jori Lallo, Tuomas Artman, and Karri Saarinen in San Francisco, Linear was built as a radical reaction against slow, bloated project management tools like Jira. The three Finnish co-founders, veterans of Coinbase, Uber, and other top tech companies, built Linear around a philosophy of speed, simplicity, and keyboard-first design. Linear renders instantly, syncs in real time, and feels more like a native desktop app than a web product. It quickly became the project management tool of choice for high-performance engineering teams at fast-growing startups. By 2024 Linear had reached a $400 million valuation and is used by over 25,000 companies including Vercel, Arc, Loom, and Raycast.
Active Founders
Jori Lallo
Co-Founder / CEO
Jori Lallo is the co-founder and CEO of Linear. A Finnish entrepreneur with experience at Coinbase and Airbnb, he co-founded Linear with the conviction that project management tools had grown too slow and complicated. His obsession with product quality and the developer experience has made Linear one of the most beloved tools in the software industry, with a famously passionate user base that spreads the product entirely through word of mouth.
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