# Ben Johnson (slim)

> Ben Johnson is VP of Product. Sprites on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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VP of Product.

- X: https://x.com/benbjohnson
- GitHub: https://github.com/benbjohnson

## What Ben builds

- [Sprites](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprites.md), graded C, 58.6/100, in Code execution sandboxes. Sprites are hosted Linux microVMs from Fly.io that keep their disk between runs, pause when idle and wake on request. They are driven through a REST API, a CLI, four SDKs or a hosted MCP server. VP of Product, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Jerome Gravel-Niquet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jerome-gravel-niquet/), Co-founder, Fly.io
- [Kurt Mackey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kurt-mackey/), Founder, now an advisor
- [Michael Dwan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-dwan/), Co-founder, Fly.io
- [Scott Johnston](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-johnston/), CEO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Intel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/intel/)
- [Dell Technologies](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dell-technologies/)
- [EQT](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eqt/)

## Questions

### Who is Ben Johnson?

Ben Johnson is VP of Product.

### What does Fly.io make?

Anchor Terminal lists Sprites from Fly.io.

### Who has invested in Fly.io?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Intel, Dell Technologies and EQT.

### How are Ben's tools graded?

Sprites is graded C, 58.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fly-io
- https://fly.io/
- https://fly.io/about/

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.