In this episode of The Product Podcast by Product School, Carlos González de Villaumbrosia sits down with Cristina Cordova, Chief Operating Officer at Linear, the product development system built for teams and agents. Linear raised $82 million in a Series C round in June 2025 at a $1.25 billion valu
Transform your issue tracking tool into a shared operating system that connects teams, AI agents, and workflows on a unified platform.
From Issue Tracker to Shared Operating System — rebuilding the product development lifecycle for teams and agents
Prioritize contextual experience over capture ease: teams need rich and accessible information, not just superficial records of what was done.
The product development lifecycle needs to provide full context and visibility across teams and agents, not just task logging
Design your work system from the start considering that AI agents will be first-class users, not a later integration.
Teams and agents need to operate within the same operating system with equal visibility and collaboration capabilities
Redefine your tool's success not by features, but by how well it eliminates friction in the complete work lifecycle.
Success is measured by how much context and clarity your system provides, not by how many features it has
Build your go-to-market strategy by emphasizing how your product integrates into existing systems, not as a replacement that requires risky migration.
Adoption comes from reducing friction in existing workflows, not from asking teams to abandon their current system and learn something new