Linear

What Linear does

Linear is a cloud-based product development platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco that serves software engineering and product organizations with issue tracking, sprint management, project planning, and roadmap coordination. The platform is structured around five integrated modules—Intake (AI-driven routing of customer feedback from Slack, Teams, Zendesk, Intercom, and Gong into actionable issues), Plan (projects, initiatives, documents, and visual roadmaps), Build (AI agent delegation and integration with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor), Diffs (native code review with bidirectional GitHub sync), and Monitor (Pulse feeds, Insights analytics)—and exposes a public GraphQL API plus MCP server for external tool interoperability. Linear has built native AI capabilities including Linear Agent (an autonomous agent assignable to issues), Coding Sessions (cloud-sandbox code generation), Code Intelligence (codebase-grounded reasoning), and Triage Intelligence (automated routing and duplicate detection).

Linear monetizes through a tiered per-seat subscription model: a Free tier for individuals and small teams, Basic at $10 per user per month, Business at $16 per user per month (which bundles AI features like Triage Intelligence, Linear Agent automations, and Code Intelligence), and a quote-based Enterprise tier with SAML/SCIM, account management, and advanced security. The go-to-market combines a self-serve product-led growth motion (Free tier enabling viral team-by-team adoption) with a sales-assisted enterprise motion for larger contracts. Linear serves over 33,000 product teams and 15,000+ enterprise customers including OpenAI (3,000+ users), Ramp, Coinbase, Cursor, Perplexity, Scale AI, Opendoor, Oscar Health, Automattic, Brex, Cash App, Supercell, Vercel, and Mercury, and operates additional offices in London to support EMEA expansion.

Name

Linear

Legal name

Linear

Website

https://linear.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Linear is a cloud-based product development platform for software engineering teams, combining issue tracking, project planning, code review, and AI agent capabilities (Linear Agent, Coding Sessions, Code Intelligence). It serves over 33,000 product teams and 15,000+ enterprise customers via a tiered per-seat subscription.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Project Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Platforms (HDAEAHAB)

Keywords

• Issue tracking software
• Project management platform
• Software development tools
• AI agent development
• Product roadmap planning

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Per Seat: Tiered per-user monthly subscription model with Free, Basic ($10/user/month), Business ($16/user/month), and Enterprise (custom) tiers. Revenue driven by seat expansion and plan upgrades as teams grow.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Linear is a cloud-based product development platform that unifies issue tracking, project management, sprint planning, roadmaps, and AI-powered agent workflows for software development teams. It provides a single subscription covering intake, planning, building, code review, and monitoring modules, with native AI agents that triage work, generate code via Claude Code and Codex, and review pull requests. The platform is sold on a per-seat subscription model across Free, Basic ($10/user/month), Business ($16/user/month), and Enterprise (custom) tiers.

Product overview

Linear is a unified product development system combining issue tracking, project management, AI agents, and code review into a single platform. The core platform (Linear) integrates five main modules: Intake (self-driving operations with AI triage), Plan (projects, documents, initiatives, visual planning), Build (AI agent delegation, coding tool integration), Diffs (native code review with GitHub sync), and Monitor (Pulse, Insights, dashboards). Key AI-powered features include Linear Agent (autonomous agent for task handling), Coding Sessions (code generation via Claude Code/Codex), Code Intelligence (codebase search), and Linear MCP (external tool integration). The platform operates across web, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android with tiered pricing from Free through Enterprise plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Linear A cloud-based product development system for issue tracking, project management, sprint planning, and team coordination offered as a per-seat subscription across Free, Basic, Business, and Enterprise tiers. The unified platform combines intake, planning, building, code review, and monitoring into a single integrated workflow for software development organizations.
• Linear Mobile Native iOS and Android mobile applications providing access to Linear's issue tracking, project management, and AI agent features on mobile devices. Distributed via Apple App Store and Google Play Store as standalone mobile experiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.0x increase in filed issues
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration32 records

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• AnthropiccoreTechnology or Integration · 18 June 2026Added Enterprise-Managed Authorization (EMA) support to Claude and Claude Code clients. Linear is one of initial MCP servers supporting zero-touch authentication for AI agents through enterprise identity providers.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or Integration · 18 June 2026Added EMA support to Visual Studio Code. Microsoft Teams integration with Linear for project updates and issue creation via @Linear mention.
• OktacoreTechnology or Integration · 18 June 2026First supported identity provider for MCP Enterprise-Managed Authorization, implementing Cross App Access (XAA) for zero-touch AI agent authentication.
• CursorcoreTechnology or Integration · 18 June 2026Initial partner for Cursor plugin marketplace. Cursor has 1,000% growth with major engineering teams at Shopify, Vercel, and Linear switching from VS Code. Deep Linear integration for agents.
• StripecoreTechnology or Integration · 30 April 2026Linear migrated to Stripe Tax, Data Pipeline, and Snowflake integration for revenue operations consolidation. COO Cristina Cordova participated in Stripe Sessions panel. Enables real-time dashboards and EMEA expansion with London office.
• GitHubcoreTechnology or IntegrationGitHub Automations for linking issues and automating pull request workflows. Diffs sync bidirectionally with GitHub. Coding Sessions powered by Claude Code with GitHub connection required.
• SlackcoreTechnology or IntegrationSlack integration for issue creation via @Linear mention, project updates, and Linear Asks. Multi-Slack workspace support and private Slack channel configurations.
• FigmamajorTechnology or IntegrationFigma integration via MCP for using Linear issue context to generate prototypes in Figma Make.
• VercelmajorTechnology or IntegrationVercel Eve agent framework integration. Build agents that can investigate incidents, monitor SLAs, or analyze customer feedback, deployable on Vercel.
• ZendeskmajorTechnology or IntegrationZendesk integration for creating issues from support conversations, with bidirectional sync and customer request linking.
• IntercommajorTechnology or IntegrationIntercom integration for creating issues from customer conversations with automatic scoping even across multi-topic threads.
• Claude Code (Anthropic)coreTechnology or IntegrationCoding Sessions powered by Claude Code for AI-assisted code generation and review within Linear.
• Codex (OpenAI)coreTechnology or IntegrationCoding Sessions powered by Codex for AI-assisted code generation and review within Linear.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Atlassian (Jira): Atlassian's Jira is the dominant issue tracking and project management platform for software development teams, and the primary competitor Linear is displacing. Atlassian recently launched Rovo (AI knowledge/workflow) and continues bundling Jira with Confluence and Bitbucket, making it the most direct incumbent competitor.
• GitHub Projects: GitHub Projects provides native issue tracking and project boards tightly integrated with GitHub repositories and pull requests. GitHub is also a deep integration partner of Linear (bidirectional PR/issue sync) and a potential substitute for engineering teams that prefer staying inside the GitHub ecosystem.
• Height: Height is a modern project management and issue tracking tool purpose-built for software teams, positioning itself similarly to Linear as a faster, more opinionated alternative to Jira, with AI features and a horizontal team workflow focus.
• Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse): Shortcut is a project management platform built specifically for software development teams with sprint planning, issue tracking, and workflows. It targets the same horizontal developer-tools market as Linear and competes on speed, opinionation, and developer experience.
• ClickUp: ClickUp is an all-in-one work management platform covering project management, docs, goals, and issue tracking, with an aggressive move into AI-powered features (ClickUp Brain) and a broad horizontal SaaS positioning that competes with Linear's broader 'product development system' value proposition.
• Notion: Notion is a workspace and project management platform with databases, docs, and increasingly AI features. It targets many of the same cross-functional product and engineering team workflows as Linear, and is an MCP integration partner of Linear.
• GitLab: GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that includes native issue tracking, project management, and CI/CD. It targets the same engineering buyer as Linear, with a tightly integrated code-to-deployment workflow, and is an integration partner of Linear for GitLab-based repositories.

Broad incumbents

• Asana: Asana is a broader work management and project tracking platform used by cross-functional teams beyond software development. It serves an adjacent but overlapping customer base and has been adding AI features (Asana AI, Workflow Studio) to defend its enterprise footprint against upstarts like Linear.
• Monday.com: Monday.com is a broad work operating system covering project management, CRM, and software development workflows. While not purpose-built for software teams like Linear, it competes for the same product team budgets at the enterprise level and has been investing in AI and developer-friendly features.

Emerging players

• Productboard: Productboard is a product management platform that overlaps with Linear's 'Plan' and 'Intake' modules. It focuses on product prioritization, customer insights, and roadmap planning — a different primary user (product managers vs. engineers) but converging on unified product development workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/linear_app
• GitHubgithub.com/linear
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@linear
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/linearapp

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors11 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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