Motion
YC W20San Francisco, US · Founded 2019 · 65 employees · Hiring · 13 known investors
Motion is an AI-powered work platform that unifies projects, tasks, docs, and meetings in one interface, with autonomous AI agents that handle scheduling, reporting, and administrative work for teams. The platform serves executive teams and organizations looking to increase productivity without expanding headcount.
Also known as Betingale · Betiver · CareerVC · Fluttern · nexusbird · Nexusbird · NexusBird
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSArtificial IntelligenceB2BProductivityAIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaFully Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W20)
Motion was founded in 2019 by Harry Qi, Omid Rooholfada, and Ethan Yu.
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Omid Rooholfadain𝕏Co-FounderOmid Rooholfada holds a double degree in mathematics and computer science from Yale and has held engineering positions at Facebook and Optimizely.
Investors · 13
CrunchFundvia Michael Arrington · inferred
HOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M
Leonis CapitalSan Francisco
NewView CapitalBurlingame
Scale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M
SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M
Tuesday CapitalSan Francisco
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Yukon Venture AngelsWhitehorse
468 Capitalreported · 2 sourcesBerlin
UncommonreportedToronto
Valor Equity PartnersreportedChicago
Also in the syndicate · 1
Fellows Fund
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$38M disclosed across 1 of 4 rounds · 2025–2026
- Undisclosed amountSeries CMay 2026Source ↗
- Undisclosed amountSeries BSep 2025Source ↗
- $38Mseries CSep 2025 · 2 sources
Scale Venture Partners (lead), 468 Capital, Fellows Fund, HOF Capital, Leonis Capital, SignalFire, Valor Equity Partners, Y Combinator
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Motion went on to found or lead other companies.
Competitors · 9
by search overlap
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Wrike6478 shared keywordsWrike is a work management and collaboration platform that lets enterprise teams and AI agents plan projects, automate workflows, and track delivery with reporting, integrations, and role-based security. It serves cross-functional teams across industries with project visibility, AI assistants, and analytics.
Smartsheet5075 shared keywordsSmartsheet provides a cloud-based work management platform that enables teams and organizations to plan, capture, manage, automate, and report on work at scale across enterprises, nonprofits, and small businesses globally. The platform helps improve process efficiency and business outcomes through unified digital workplace capabilities.
Zapier4968 shared keywordsZapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding. The platform serves enterprises, operations teams, and businesses of all sizes looking to deploy AI-driven automation for lead capture, customer support, employee onboarding, and other business processes.
BetterUp3983 shared keywordsBetterUp provides an AI-powered coaching and professional development platform that helps organizations support employee growth and wellbeing. The platform serves enterprises and their employees through behavioral science-backed coaching and talent management tools.
Tempo3558 shared keywordsTempo provides work management and visibility software that integrates across existing team tools and platforms to help organizations track project performance and resource capacity.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Motion do?
- Motion is an AI-powered work platform that unifies projects, tasks, docs, and meetings in one interface, with autonomous AI agents that handle scheduling, reporting, and administrative work for teams. The platform serves executive teams and organizations looking to increase productivity without expanding headcount.
- Who founded Motion?
- Motion was founded by Harry Qi, Omid Rooholfada, Ethan Yu in 2019.
- Who are Motion's investors?
- Motion's investors include CrunchFund, HOF Capital, Leonis Capital, NewView Capital, Scale Venture Partners, SignalFire, Tuesday Capital, Y Combinator and 4 more.
- How much funding has Motion raised?
- Motion has disclosed $38M raised across 1 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Motion headquartered?
- Motion is headquartered in San Francisco, US.