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Bluesky today named Toni Schneider chief executive officer, making permanent the role he has held on an interim basis since March. Toni previously served as the founding CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, and is a longtime partner at True Ventures. He has been an investor in and advisor to Bluesky since 2024.

“Toni has spent the past four months proving he's the right person to lead this company,” said Jay Graber, chief innovation officer and board chair at Bluesky. “The team is shipping faster than ever and the ecosystem is growing around us. We’re excited to bring him on as permanent CEO.”

Over the past four months, Bluesky has shipped group chats, a permissioned data spec, and a new AI product, while more than 2 million people have joined the network and nearly 200 new apps have launched in the Atmosphere, the open ecosystem built on the AT Protocol.

“This job has been energizing from day one, and the Bluesky team has been a pleasure to work with,” said Toni. “The appetite for social experiences on the internet is vast; far broader than the handful of apps the major platforms offer today. I believe the Atmosphere will grow to hundreds of millions of users, hundreds of thousands of apps and communities, and many thousands of thriving businesses, and I want to help make that happen.”

You can read more on Toni’s blog.

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