# Michael Dwan

> Michael Dwan is co-founder of Fly.io. Sprites on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Fly.io.

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.

- X: https://x.com/michaeldwan

## What Michael 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. Co-founder, Fly.io, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Jerome Gravel-Niquet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jerome-gravel-niquet/), Co-founder, Fly.io

## 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 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.

### Who has invested in Fly.io?

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

### 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.

## Sources

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

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