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Linear

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2019series bWebsite @linear
Composite score
52.1
rank #20 · risers

#20 Riser. 137 people and hiring.

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Head-to-headvs Asanavs Atlassianvs Boxvs ClickUp
Headcount
137
0.0%
90d change
+2.2%
Funding events (90d)
0
2 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$50M-$100M
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$547k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
7.2%
low — retention is strong
Average tenure
1.9 yrs
Time since last raise
1y 2mo
last round

Hiring flow · Linear

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
45
+73%
Support
12
+86%
Product
11
+10%
Sales
8
+14%
Marketing
7
+75%
Operations
7
+40%
Creative
6
+20%
Human Resources
4
+100%
Other
10

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. OpenAI3mo 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

2026-07-20
52.1
rank #20
2026-07-13
47.9
rank #19
2026-07-06
47.6
rank #20
2026-06-29
42.3
rank #22
2026-06-22
42.6
rank #22
2026-06-15
54.5
rank #19
2026-06-08
53.4
rank #17
2026-06-01
53.4
rank #17
2026-05-25
72.6
rank #16
2026-05-18
70.7
rank #15
2026-05-11
67.2
rank #16
2026-05-04
67.3
rank #16