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Linear moves sideways to agentic AI as CEO declares issue tracking dead

Linear pivots from issue tracker to AI-first platform, launching autonomous agents integrated with Slack/Teams/Zendesk, with coding agents already adopted by 75% of enterprise workspaces and work volume up 5x in three months.

Friday, March 27, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline

Linear has launched an AI agent in beta that integrates with Slack, Teams, and Zendesk to automate issue tracking workflows, with CEO Karri Saarinen declaring "issue tracking is dead." The agent supports skills and automations (business/enterprise tier), with a coding agent planned that can write code, fix bugs, and answer codebase questions. Coding agents are already active in 75% of Linear enterprise workspaces, with agent work volume up 5x in three months.

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