Aaron Sisto
InvestorPartner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Partner who previously led early-stage tech investments as a Director at Schmidt Futures, co-founded and served as Chief Scientist at Searchable.ai, and was a technologist at In-Q-Tel. He holds a Stanford PhD in quantum simulation and machine learning.
Experience
- Chronicle MediaCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- First Spark VenturesPartnercurrent2022 — present
- SynthBee, Inc.Founding Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- OpenArt AIAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Fundamental Research LabsInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- CheehooAngel Investorcurrent2024 — present
- SynthLabsInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Flower LabsInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Samaya AIInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Fable SimulationAngel Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Zephr.xyzInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Inworld AIInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Normal ComputingInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- SimulonInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- PendulumInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- SandboxAQAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
- Reality DefenderInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Sands CapitalAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
- University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and InformationBoard of Visitors2019 — 2024
- X, the moonshot factoryAdvisor2018 — 2024
Education
- Stanford UniversityPhD, Machine Learning & Quantum Simulation
- Purdue UniversityBS, MS
Skills & more
Start-ups9Research6Machine Learning9Physics10Data Analysis9Numerical Analysis7Simulations5Materials Science5Mathematical Modeling3Software Development3Nanotechnology3Heat Transfer1
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,726
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Purdue University151
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJane CommerfordOperations at 8VCSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff PetersPartner at Ibex Investors
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Shared employers
Also worked at Fundamental Research Labs1
Also worked at Cheehoo1
Also worked at SynthLabs1
Also worked at X, the moonshot factory27
James WangGeneral Partner at Creative VenturesSteven WillingerGP at Blockchain BuildersRameshPrincipal Scientist at Rebellion VenturesMike McCauleyCo-founder & General Partner at Inovia CapitalVinay RajPrincipal at CVS Health VenturesMax LuoPrincipal at ACME Capital
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Colleagues at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Danny Chen
General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Eric Schmidt
Strategic Advisor & Founding Non-Managing Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Gal Treger
General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Haitao Zhu
Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Jennifer Wu
Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Manish Kothari
Founding Managing Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Peter Olcott
Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Peter Richards
Founding General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
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Brian Cho
Co-Founder & General Partner at Patron
Haitao Zhu
Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
James Chan
CFO at Breakout Ventures
Jennifer Wu
Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Peter Olcott
Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc
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