---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-124934"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BFLY"
cik: "0001804176"
company_name: "Butterfly Network, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T09:02:09.936413+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Butterfly Network CEO Todd Fruchterman departs; Founder Jonathan Rothberg named Interim CEO

## Summary
- Todd Fruchterman leaves as President, CEO, and board member, effective year-end 2022.
- Separation payments per employment agreement; will stay through year-end for transition.
- Founder and Chairman Dr. Jonathan Rothberg becomes Interim CEO.
- Board formed search committee to identify permanent CEO; established Office of the CEO for continuity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-124934
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BFLY
- cik: 0001804176
- company_name: Butterfly Network, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000110465922124934/0001104659-22-124934-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000110465922124934/tm2232105d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-124934
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-124934.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-124934.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan Rothberg was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Butterfly Network, Inc..
  - Action: serve as
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, the Company’s Founder and Chairman of the Board, will serve as Interim CEO during this time of transition.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000110465922124934/0001104659-22-124934-index.htm
- Executive change
  Todd Fruchterman departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Butterfly Network, Inc..
  - Action: leave
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company and Todd Fruchterman, M.D., Ph.D. have mutually agreed that Dr. Fruchterman will leave his position as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804176/000110465922124934/0001104659-22-124934-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.