Sui Developer Mysten Labs has a New CEO Amid AI Pivot: Who Is Kevin Boon?

HIGHLIGHTS Mysten Labs has appointed President Kevin Boon as CEO, while co-founder Evan Cheng remains CTO and leads a new AI business unit. The new unit will develop AI-agent trust products and AI-native infrastructure built around Sui and Walrus. The move follows Mysten Labs’ collaboration with Google Cloud on Verifiable Agent Arbiter, a system designed to help enterprises verify AI-agent activity. Mysten Labs, the developer behind the Sui blockchain, announced a major leadership change this week. It appointed Kevin Boon as its new Chief Executive Officer.