Linear CEO Karri Saarinen on quality-first design and startups losing their speed edge
soleio · x · 2026-11-07
A First of Kind podcast interview with Linear founder Karri Saarinen covering whether a designer-founder can win the VC game by ignoring its rules, why 'quality is directional', designing in code, moving beyond the issue tracker, whether UI still matters in the agentic age, and why startups no longer outpace the market by default.
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