Linear CEO Karri Saarinen says he's moving to OpenAI, citing daily ChatGPT/Codex use
prd_008 · x · 2026-10-06
Quoting the announcement, Linear founder Karri Saarinen says he is "moving over to OpenAI Dot from Muse," noting he already uses ChatGPT/Codex daily for personal work so it's the simpler path, while keeping his work AI use inside Linear for its context. Poster prd008 welcomes him and remarks this is "many such cases on the TL" — a growing pattern of talent flowing to OpenAI. The post also debuts a sleepy Doomhammer orc peon avatar.
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