Jay Graber just stepped down as CEO of Bluesky PBC and appointed Toni Schineider as "interim" CEO.

[liaizon@social.wake.st]

Jay Graber just stepped down as CEO of Bluesky PBC and appointed Toni Schineider as "interim" CEO. He is a Silicon Valley old timer, listing on his resume as being Automattic's founding CEO and has been partner at a VC firm since 2005 that lists Ring (the surveillance company you pay to let them spy on your neighborhood with) and a few AI companies as highlights.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-09-2026-a-new-chapter-for-bluesky

[origamiunicorn@mastodon.social]

@liaizon sounds like an absolute nightmare. This individual will be loyal to the VC stakeholders and their desire to get they money back (10x) than any of the users.

Disgusting.

[collectifission@greennuclear.online]

@liaizon Let the enshittification begin.

[mariusor@metalhead.club]

@liaizon I've been in the tech industry for about 20 years and I still have no clue what CEOs are good for...

[liaizon@social.wake.st]

@mariusor exploiting for the share holders!

[tom@tomkahe.com]

@liaizon most of the other things I've seen about him, he seems like a decent guy. This feels like a *very temporary* thing where they needed a ceo and they found a guy people liked.

https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116201037810176108

https://social.lol/@macmanx/116201008603268979

[tom@tomkahe.com]

@liaizon as in, I dont think this is Bluesky caving to their VC funders. We'll have to see who their permanent ceo ends up being

[tom@tomkahe.com]

@liaizon I think atproto still has quite awhile to further reduce reliance on Bluesky infra