# Motion

> Motion is an AI-native work management platform that started as an automatic calendar and task scheduler and has grown into an 'agentic work suite' for small and mid-sized businesses. It bundles projects, tasks, calendar, docs, notes, SOPs, sheets, reports, search and chat into one system, then layers AI 'Employees' on top that actually execute work - drafting proposals, prepping meetings, updating projects and answering clients. Founded in 2019 and backed by Y Combinator, Motion raised $60M in 2025 at a $550M valuation.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** United States (San Francisco Bay Area, California)
- **Founders:** Harry Qi (Co-Founder & CEO), Omid Rooholfada (Co-Founder), Ethan Yu (Co-Founder), Chander Ramesh (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~65-88 employees (2025)
- **Products:** AI Calendar & Scheduling, AI Projects & Tasks, AI Employees, Docs, Notes & SOPs, Reports & Sheets
- **Notable:** Raised $60M at a $550M valuation in 2025, with the $38M Series C reportedly 5x oversubscribed, AI Employees reached eight-figure ARR within roughly four months of launch, Reported 100,000+ paying customers with ARR tripling year over year

## Products & services

- **AI Calendar & Scheduling** — Automatically schedules tasks at optimal times based on work patterns, meeting preferences, energy levels and deadlines to build a daily plan that prevents overload.
- **AI Projects & Tasks** — Project and task management with AI-driven planning, prioritization, dependencies, Gantt and Kanban views, and automatic re-planning when things slip.
- **AI Employees** — Pre-built AI agents for Sales, Support, Marketing, Project Management, HR and Research - plus custom roles - that execute work like proposals, project updates and client responses.
- **Docs, Notes & SOPs** — AI-assisted documents, meeting notes, and standard-operating-procedure creation that live alongside the work they describe.
- **Reports & Sheets** — Business-intelligence style reports, dashboards and spreadsheets for tracking workload, project status and forecasts.
- **Search & Chat** — Contextual search across the workspace and an AI chat interface to query, plan and act on company data.
- **Meeting Automation** — AI notetaker, transcription and meeting prep - the flagship agent Alfred analyzes the calendar each morning to surface objectives, history and priorities.

## Achievements

- Raised $60M at a $550M valuation in 2025, with the $38M Series C reportedly 5x oversubscribed
- AI Employees reached eight-figure ARR within roughly four months of launch
- Reported 100,000+ paying customers with ARR tripling year over year
- Customer reported a 30% reduction in project delivery time using Motion's AI Project Manager
- SOC 2 compliant enterprise-grade platform

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Announced $60M raised across Series B, C and C2 at a $550M valuation, led by Scale Venture Partners, to build the agentic work suite for businesses.
- **2025-09** — Stacey Bishop of Scale Venture Partners joined the board; senior hires from Microsoft Teams and Salesforce added to leadership.
- **2025** — Launched AI Employees - pre-built and custom AI agents that execute work across sales, support, marketing, PM, HR and research.

## Links

- Website: https://www.usemotion.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/motionapp
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/useMotion
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@motionapp

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Last updated: 2026-06-13