Founder of a listed tool

Ryan Dahl

Deno co-founder; Sandbox launch author; now Cloudflare workerd self-hosting lead, named behind the Deno Sandbox listing on Anchor Terminal.

Deno co-founder; Sandbox launch author; now Cloudflare workerd self-hosting lead

Ryan Dahl created Node.js in 2009 and in 2018 announced Deno, a JavaScript and TypeScript runtime he co-created with Bert Belder. Deno Land, the company behind it, joined Cloudflare in October 2026, where he and Belder lead an effort to make self-hosting the workerd runtime a supported way to run Workers apps.

What Ryan builds

  • Deno Sandbox D · Code execution sandboxes

    Deno Sandbox runs Linux microVMs on Deno Deploy for untrusted or AI-generated code. It is driven from the @deno/sandbox JavaScript SDK, the deno-sandbox Python SDK or the deno sandbox CLI, and launched in beta on 3 February 2026.

    Deno co-founder; Sandbox launch author; now Cloudflare workerd self-hosting lead, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it

Works with

  • Bert Belder Deno co-founder and CTO; now Cloudflare workerd self-hosting lead

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Questions

Who is Ryan Dahl?

Ryan Dahl created Node.js in 2009 and in 2018 announced Deno, a JavaScript and TypeScript runtime he co-created with Bert Belder. Deno Land, the company behind it, joined Cloudflare in October 2026, where he and Belder lead an effort to make self-hosting the workerd runtime a supported way to run Workers apps.

What does Deno Land Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Deno Sandbox from Deno Land Inc.. Deno Sandbox runs Linux microVMs on Deno Deploy for untrusted or AI-generated code. It is driven from the @deno/sandbox JavaScript SDK, the deno-sandbox Python SDK or the deno sandbox CLI, and launched in beta on 3 February 2026.

Who has invested in Deno Land Inc.?

The sources our research read name Four Rivers, Rauch Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Mozilla, Shasta Ventures, Ben Noordhuis, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Automattic, Netlify, Nat Friedman and Dylan Field.

How are Ryan's tools graded?

Deno Sandbox is graded D, 50.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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