Aria Bloom

Aria is a deep generalist with sharp technical instincts. Before FirstCheck, she worked at OpenAI on simulation-to-reality transfer in robotics, where she helped bridge the gap between experimental environments and physical-world deployments. She also served as a technical advisor at a deeptech accelerator, where she guided founders through early product development and research commercialization.

Her academic background is in applied physics and computer vision, and she has a strong conviction around systems that combine intelligence, motion, and embedded sensing.

At FirstCheck, Aria focuses on early-stage investments in robotics, edge computing, and spatial intelligence. She’s known for her thoughtful diligence process — one that feels more like a collaborative debugging session than a pitch meeting. Her questions run deep, her instincts are sharp, and founders trust her judgment when things get messy and technical.