Fly.io CEO Kurt Mackey is stepping down

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Author: subarctic

Date: 7/25/2026

Article Summary:
The author, Kurt Mackey, announces that he is stepping down as CEO of Fly.io, a cloud platform, and handing over the reins to Scott Johnston, a former CEO of Docker, as the company focuses on developing "Sprites", a product that provides a computer for agents, allowing them to run on developer workstations and deploy applications quickly and easily.