About
Saarinen is a designer and co-founder who previously served as Principal Designer at Airbnb and founding Head of Design at Coinbase. He co-founded Kippt, a Y Combinator-backed company, and has been involved in tech community building efforts including Rails Girls and ArcticStartup.
Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen
From humans to agents and back https://t.co/IDPQxwlm8J
Jul 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 48 Β· β 1
Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen
At @linear you can always work remotely https://t.co/nzHVpaxIAi
Jul 21, 2026 Β· β₯ 311 Β· β 4
Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen
Introducing automated loops for @linear. Set up recurring workflows like bug fixes, informing customers of fixes, checking new requests and making a plan. Make your product operations more self-driving in a team/multiplayer environment https://t.co/EgV6nBt2az
Jul 20, 2026 Β· β₯ 143 Β· β 4
Founder/CEO / Designer (Acquired by Coinbase) at KipptYC S12
Intro paths
Karri went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Karri can intro founders to Kippt's investors below.
Kippt's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Kippt
