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Motion

“Can an AI-native productivity platform grow from intelligent scheduling into a full workplace automation OS?”

Founded2019
HQSan Francisco, California, United States
FoundersHarry Qi, Omid Rooholfada, Ethan Yu, Chander Ramesh
Total raised$53M+
Latest roundSeries B (inferred), September 2025
IndustryVertical SaaS / Productivity & Task Management
The story

Founded in 2019 by ex-quant-fund analysts who applied AI to personal scheduling and task prioritization. After Y Combinator in 2020, the company steadily grew a subscription-based productivity platform for professionals. By 2025, Motion raised $38M to expand toward an AI agents and automation vision, positioning itself as a broader workplace productivity OS rather than a pure calendar/task tool.

Last 12 months
2025-09
Product timeline
2019
Founded by Harry Qi, Omid Rooholfada, and Ethan Yu as an AI calendaring and task management app.· pivot
2020
Accepted into Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch; founders quit hedge fund jobs to pursue the startup full-time.· pivot
2025
Raised $38M in fresh funding to build toward an 'AI agents' productivity platform vision, described as the Microsoft Office of AI agents.· banking
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Motion’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe
Unified APIs
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
1 more provider across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

Motion — frequently asked

Who is Motion's payment processor?

Motion processes payments through Stripe.

What is Motion's embedded finance stack?

The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Motion's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); Unified APIs (nango).

Who founded Motion?

Motion was founded by Harry Qi, Omid Rooholfada, Ethan Yu and Chander Ramesh and is founded in 2019, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

How much funding has Motion raised?

Motion has raised $53M+ in total (latest round: Series B (inferred), September 2025).

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