# Kurt Mackey

> Kurt Mackey is founder of now an advisor. Sprites on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder, now an advisor.

Kurt Mackey started Fly.io, a public cloud for developers, and led it as chief executive until July 2026, when he handed the role to Scott Johnston and moved to an advisor role, keeping his board seat. Before Fly.io he worked at Ars Technica for many years.

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

## What Kurt 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. Founder, now an advisor, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Ben Johnson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ben-johnson/), VP of Product
- [Jerome Gravel-Niquet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jerome-gravel-niquet/), Co-founder, Fly.io
- [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 Kurt Mackey?

Kurt Mackey started Fly.io, a public cloud for developers, and led it as chief executive until July 2026, when he handed the role to Scott Johnston and moved to an advisor role, keeping his board seat. Before Fly.io he worked at Ars Technica for many years.

### What does Fly.io make?

Anchor Terminal lists Sprites from Fly.io. 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.

### Who has invested in Fly.io?

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

### How are Kurt'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/

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