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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO, Linear.\n\nKarri Saarinen co-founded Linear with Jori Lallo and Tuomas Artman, incorporating it in January 2019, and is its CEO. At Airbnb he had built his own Chrome extension to improve working with Jira, which the founders set out to replace.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karrisaarinen/\n\n## What Karri builds\n\n- [Linear MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.md), graded D, 53.9/100, in Work \u0026 productivity. Linear's centrally hosted MCP server for finding, creating and updating issues, projects and comments, with a read-only endpoint variant. Co-founder and CEO, Linear, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Jori Lallo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jori-lallo/), Co-founder and CPO, Linear\n- [Tuomas Artman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tuomas-artman/), Co-founder and CTO, Linear\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)\n- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)\n- [01 Advisors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/01-advisors/)\n- [Seven Seven Six](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/seven-seven-six/)\n- [Designer Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/designer-fund/)\n- [Indie.vc](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/indie-vc/)\n- [TK Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tk-ventures/)\n- [Soleio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/soleio/)\n- [Jeff Weinstein](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-weinstein/)\n- [Ilkka Paananen, CEO of Supercell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ilkka-paananen-ceo-of-supercell/)\n- [Lauren Loktev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lauren-loktev/)\n- [Vlad Loktev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vlad-loktev/)\n- [Dick Costolo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dick-costolo/)\n- [Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/patrick-collison-ceo-of-stripe/)\n- [Lenny Rachitsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lenny-rachitsky/)\n- [Harry Stebbings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/harry-stebbings/)\n- [Aston Motes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aston-motes/)\n- [Dylan Field, CEO of Figma](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dylan-field-ceo-of-figma/)\n- [Emilie Choi, COO of Coinbase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emilie-choi-coo-of-coinbase/)\n- [Charlie Cheever](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/charlie-cheever/)\n- [Gustaf Alströmer, Partner at Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gustaf-alstromer-partner-at-y-combinator/)\n- [Tikhon Berstram](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tikhon-berstram/)\n- [Larry Gadea, CEO of Envoy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/larry-gadea-ceo-of-envoy/)\n- [Jude Gomila, CEO of Golden](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jude-gomila-ceo-of-golden/)\n- [James Smith, CEO of Bugsnag](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/james-smith-ceo-of-bugsnag/)\n- [Fred Stevens-Smith, CEO of Rainforest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fred-stevens-smith-ceo-of-rainforest/)\n- [Bobby Goodlatte](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bobby-goodlatte/)\n- [Marc McCabe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/marc-mccabe/)\n- [Julia DeWahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/julia-dewahl/)\n- [Dan Romero](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dan-romero/)\n- [Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stewart-butterfield-ceo-of-slack/)\n- [Christina Cacioppo, CEO of Vanta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/christina-cacioppo-ceo-of-vanta/)\n- [Kyle Parrish](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kyle-parrish/)\n- [Praveen Neppalli Naga](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/praveen-neppalli-naga/)\n- [Ganesh Srinivasan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ganesh-srinivasan/)\n- [Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch-ceo-of-vercel/)\n- [Josh Miller, CEO of The Browser Company](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/josh-miller-ceo-of-the-browser-company/)\n- [Andrew Mason, CEO of Descript](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andrew-mason-ceo-of-descript/)\n- [Immad Akhund, CEO of Mercury](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/immad-akhund-ceo-of-mercury/)\n- [Claire Hughes Johnson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/claire-hughes-johnson/)\n- [Jorn van Dijk, CEO of Framer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jorn-van-dijk-ceo-of-framer/)\n- [Job van der Voort, CEO of Remote](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/job-van-der-voort-ceo-of-remote/)\n- [Anthony Guo, CTO of Retool](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anthony-guo-cto-of-retool/)\n- [Akash Garg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/akash-garg/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Karri Saarinen?\n\nKarri Saarinen co-founded Linear with Jori Lallo and Tuomas Artman, incorporating it in January 2019, and is its CEO. At Airbnb he had built his own Chrome extension to improve working with Jira, which the founders set out to replace.\n\n### What does Linear make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Linear MCP from Linear. Linear's centrally hosted MCP server for finding, creating and updating issues, projects and comments, with a read-only endpoint variant.\n\n### Who has invested in Linear?\n\nThe sources our research read name Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Accel, 01 Advisors, Seven Seven Six, Designer Fund, Indie.vc, TK Ventures, Soleio, Jeff Weinstein, Ilkka Paananen, CEO of Supercell, Lauren Loktev, Vlad Loktev, Dick Costolo, Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, Lenny Rachitsky, Harry Stebbings, Aston Motes, Dylan Field, CEO of Figma, Emilie Choi, COO of Coinbase, Charlie Cheever, Gustaf Alströmer, Partner at Y Combinator, Tikhon Berstram, Larry Gadea, CEO of Envoy, Jude Gomila, CEO of Golden, James Smith, CEO of Bugsnag, Fred Stevens-Smith, CEO of Rainforest, Bobby Goodlatte, Marc McCabe, Julia DeWahl, Dan Romero, Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, Christina Cacioppo, CEO of Vanta, Kyle Parrish, Praveen Neppalli Naga, Ganesh Srinivasan, Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel, Josh Miller, CEO of The Browser Company, Andrew Mason, CEO of Descript, Immad Akhund, CEO of Mercury, Claire Hughes Johnson, Jorn van Dijk, CEO of Framer, Job van der Voort, CEO of Remote, Anthony Guo, CTO of Retool and Akash Garg.\n\n### How are Karri's tools graded?\n\nLinear MCP is graded D, 53.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://linear.app/\n- https://linear.app/about\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_(software)\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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