Motion
Motion sells an AI-powered work automation platform that deploys virtual employees for tasks across sales, marketing, and operations. It has raised $73M, most recently in a 2025 Series C, and claims over 1 million teams as customers.
The growth story
Motion grew from 40 to 96 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $73M along the way, most recently a Series C in September 2025.
About
Motion's platform lets companies deploy AI agents that handle repetitive tasks like data entry, customer support, and scheduling by learning from business context like projects and documents. It targets teams looking to automate workflows without constant manual oversight.
The company reached 96 employees and a Series C within six years of founding, with notable backers including 468 Capital and Michael Seibel. Its customer base grew rapidly, claiming 1 million teams, though specific revenue or usage metrics aren't disclosed.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up 27% of the 96-person team, suggesting a product-heavy focus. Leadership includes investors like Y Combinator's Michael Seibel, indicating strong Silicon Valley ties.
The Motion org chart
Harry Qi (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 16 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 29 (-6% YoY), Customer Success and Support 11 (-27% YoY), Entrepreneurship 10 (0% YoY), Business Development 8 (0% YoY), Arts and Design 7 (-12% YoY), Marketing 6 (-14% YoY).
Talent flow
Motion recruits heavily from Microsoft (5 hires) and ex-Twitter/Uber employees (5 combined). Alumni frequently join or found AI startups, with 3 moving to Wonderly and others launching Zeeq.ai and shorterday.
Most common previous employers of Motion staff: Microsoft (5), Bolt (3), Twitter (3), Optiver (2), TD (2), Uber (2). Former Motion employees most often moved to Wonderly (5), Salesforce (2), underpine (1), Octave (1), HubSpot (1), CoStar (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Motion mafia
Four alumni-founded companies exist, including Wonderly (3 founders) and shorterday. The cluster suggests Motion cultivates entrepreneurial talent, particularly in AI automation.
6Moiz Rizvi, was Senior Software Engineer until 2025⌨Charles Chen, was Technical Lead, .NET Platform + AI until 2026Louie Humble, was UGC Creator until 2025Ethan Yu, was Co-Founder & COO until 2025Omid Rooholfada, was Co-Founder until 2025Chander Ramesh, was Co-Founder & CTO until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 64% direct, 24% search, 3% social, 5% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Motion: JavaScript (28), Python (Programming Language) (21), Leadership (21), Analytical Skills (20), Microsoft Office (20), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (20), Project Management (18), React.js (18).
Where the team actually sits
Motion people are concentrated in New York, United States (6), California, United States (4), Canada (4), United States (3).
Search footprint
Motion attracts about 21,580 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $558K a month if bought through ads. It gained 14,010 ranking keywords and lost 7,846 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Motion has 96 employees as of September 2026.
Motion has raised $73M in total, most recently a Series C round in September 2025.
Motion was founded in 2019 by Harry Qi, Chander Ramesh.
Harry Qi (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Motion's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Motion staff are Microsoft (5 people), Bolt (3 people), Twitter (3 people).
Former Motion employees most often move to Wonderly (5), Salesforce (2), underpine (1).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Motion, including shorterday, Zeeq.ai, Next Percent Media.
Motion attracts about 21,580 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $558K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Motion staff are JavaScript, Python (Programming Language), Leadership, Analytical Skills, Microsoft Office.
Motion staff are concentrated in New York, United States (6), California, United States (4), Canada (4).
Motion has about 29 people in Engineering, down 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Motion has about 11 people in Customer Success and Support, down 27% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 55 current and 55 former Motion profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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