Founder of a listed tool
Michael Dwan
Co-founder, Fly.io, named behind the Sprites listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Michael builds
Sprites C · 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.
Co-founder, Fly.io, researched 26 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Jerome Gravel-Niquet Co-founder, Fly.io
Questions
Who is Michael Dwan?
Michael Dwan co-founded Fly.io, a public cloud for running full-stack apps close to users, which went through Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. Dwan describes his work as software design and engineering, often on developer tools, and was earlier a founder of Snapjoy, another Y Combinator company.
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.
How are Michael'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.
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