Laid off approximately 40 employees in September 2024, disproportionately affecting DevRel and growth teams while largely sparing core engineering. All affected employees received 4 months severance. Co-founder Thomas Ptacek stated: "Everyone we let go was doing great work." The restructuring aimed to extend runway past 2026 without additional funding. Notable departures included developer advocate Xe Iaso.
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Fly.io laid off approximately 40 employees in September 2024, cutting DevRel and growth teams to extend runway past 2026. All affected employees received 4 months severance. Co-founder Thomas Ptacek called it "a reconfiguration of the company" rather than distress cuts, noting "Everyone we let go was doing great work."
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Fly.io — Layoffs: MIXED Fly.io laid off approximately 40 employees in September 2024, cutting DevRel and growth teams to extend runway past 2026. All affected employees received 4 months severance. Co-… https://reciepts.tech/stance/589
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See all →Fly.io operates as a fully distributed company with approximately 60 employees across multiple countries. The edge computing platform has maintained remote-first operations since its founding in 2017. CEO Kurt Mackey has emphasized building infrastructure that supports distributed teams, consistent with the company's own organizational structure.