Who are Linear's decision-makers?
Linear is led by Karri Saarinen, with technical, product, and go-to-market ownership spread across the leadership team.
- CEO
- Karri Saarinen
- CTO/key exec
- Jori Lallo
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 100-200 estimated
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- Notable
- Fast product-management system for software teams
- Karri SaarinenCo-founder & CEOCo-founder since 2019Former Airbnb designer; leads company and product direction.
- Jori LalloCo-founderCo-founder since 2019Engineering/product co-founder focused on the core system.
- Tuomas ArtmanCo-founderCo-founder since 2019Engineering co-founder and system architecture leader.
- Linear product leadershipProduct leadersScale-up phaseOwns AI agent, Asks, Insights, and enterprise workflow expansion.
Who leads Linear?
Karri Saarinen is Co-founder & CEO; Jori Lallo is Co-founder; Tuomas Artman is Co-founder; Linear product leadership is Product leaders. The founder or CEO usually sets company direction, while technical and product leaders shape build-versus-buy decisions.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Linear?
Most purchases start with the functional owner rather than the CEO. Engineering owns platform and developer-tool decisions, security reviews risk, finance confirms budget, legal handles terms, and procurement becomes more formal as contract size rises.
How is Linear organized as it scales?
Linear is organized around product, engineering, go-to-market, infrastructure, and operations. The right selling motion is to tie the pitch to one team's operating metric instead of sending a generic founder note.
As of June 2026.Sources:Linear websiteLinear pricingTechCrunch Series B report
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