We run app servers and databases close to end users. Developers deploy their apps to Fly.io (it's about the simplest place to deploy a Docker Image) and use our CLI to launch instances in regions that are most important for their application.
Selected answers from Fly.io's original YC application for the W20 Batch
Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.
Global Heroku
What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.
We're building a global hosting service. Devs package up their project, ship it with our CLI, and then we scale it up and down in whichever cities they have users in.