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Linear

Issue tracking and product planning tool for software teams and coding agents

Pace
4:40/kmTempo4.0
Distance
Distance Half.
Open ops roles
1
Last week
#175
Move
▼ 34
Peak
#175
Weeks in the 100
0
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#165#189#212#175Oct 18#202Oct 25
Pace score
02464Oct 184Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Sprint 3:30/km
Race 4:05/km
Tempo 4:40/kmNotionLinear
Steady 5:20/kmClickUp
Warm-up 6:00/km
Cool-down 6:30/km
Linear runs in the Tempo lane, alongside 1 rival. Rivals on Well Run sit in their own pace lanes; further right = more momentum. Tap one to open its page.Also competes with: Atlassian Jira, Asana, GitHub Projects
Revenue estimate
$100M+ ARR; 40,000+ paying customers; cash-flow positivecompany-stated · as of Aug 2026 (passed earlier in 2026) linear.app ↗
Total raised
$134.2M primary (Crunchbase, via TechCrunch)see rounds ↓
Headcount
271 employeesas of Jun 2026 tracxn.com ↗
Founded
2019
HQ
San Francisco, CA (remote-first)

Leadership

The problem

Bloated trackers slow teams down; planning and shipping work gets scattered

What they do

Issue tracking and product planning tool for software teams and coding agents

Traction Passed $100M ARR; 40,000+ paying customers; cash-flow positive

Hiring trend

Open roles
34
Ops roles
1
Headcount
~160

Headcount ~80 → ~160 (Jun 2025 → Aug 2026), 2x

Hiring in

  • London
  • Remote (North America)
  • Remote (Europe)

Glassdoor

4.6 ★ 25 reviews

Funding

Last round
$82M
Stage
Series C
Date
Jun 2025

Led by Accel

Distance

Half · edge: hard to leave

Strong #2 issue tracker, cash-flow positive with 40,000+ payers; Jira still leads adoption.

Sources: Karri Saarinen: Sharing Linear's growth (Aug 2026) ↗ · Ramp: project management software market share ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

News timeline

  1. Aug 2026Completes $99M employee tender at $2.5B; says ARR passed $100M businessinsider.com ↗
  2. Jun 2026Linear Agent gains Coding Sessions to take bugs from triage to reviewed fix linear.app ↗
  3. May 2026Launches Diffs, bringing code review inside Linear linear.app ↗
  4. Mar 2026Introduces Linear Agent built into the product linear.app ↗
  5. Jun 2025Raises $82M Series C at $1.25B led by Accel techcrunch.com ↗

Funding historyTotal raised $134.2M primary (Crunchbase, via TechCrunch)

  1. Aug 2026Secondary (employee tender)$99Mat $2.5BLed by Accel linear.app ↗
  2. Jun 2025Series C$82M (primary + secondary)at $1.25BLed by Accel linear.app ↗
  3. Sep 2023Series B$35Mat ~$400MLed by Accel forbes.com ↗
  4. Dec 2020Series A$13Mlinkedin.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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