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Linear

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2019series bWebsite @linear
Composite score
52.9
rank #17 · risers

#17 Riser. 133 people and hiring.

Headcount
133
0.0%
90d change
+2.3%
Funding events (90d)
0
2 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$50M-$100M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$564k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
9.4%
low — retention is strong
Average tenure
1.8 yrs
Time since last raise
1y
last round

Hiring flow · Linear

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
44
+76%
Support
11
+71%
Product
10
0%
Sales
7
+17%
Marketing
7
+133%
Creative
6
+20%
Operations
6
+20%
Human Resources
4
+100%
Other
10

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. OpenAI2mo ago
    An open-source spec for orchestration: Symphony

    Linear is named as the project-management tool that Symphony integrates with as a control plane for agent orchestration.

Events

Funding · series c · $82M
1y ago
Funding · series b · $35M
3y ago

Score history

2026-06-08
52.9
rank #17
2026-06-01
52.9
rank #17
2026-05-25
52.9
rank #17
2026-05-18
49.6
rank #13
2026-05-11
47.0
rank #14
2026-05-04
47.3
rank #14
2026-04-27
58.5
rank #15
2026-04-20
59.0
rank #15
2026-04-13
59.0
rank #16
2026-04-06
59.0
rank #17
2026-03-30
65.3
rank #16
2026-03-23
68.0
rank #13