About
David Oort Alonso is the founder of Bloom, a no-code platform that enables users to design, build, and share native mobile applications from Android devices without programming knowledge.
Founder at BloomYC X25
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Bloom's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, David can intro founders to Bloom's investors below.
Bloom's investors · 2
Co-founders at Bloom
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Sirian MaathuisFounder
Experience
- Bloom (YC X25)Bloom - Co-Founder & Chief Excitement Officercurrent2025 — present
- Bloom (YC X25)Fireview - Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Bloom (YC X25)Giftit - Co-Founder2023 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
- Before They Change The WorldFounder and Co-host2022 — 2025Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH ZürichMaster Thesis Student2022 — 2023Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH ZürichGraduate Research Assistant: Robotics Summer School2022 — 2023Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH ZürichGraduate Teaching Assistant: Programming for Robotics (ROS) Course2022Zurich, Switzerland
- University of ZurichGraduate Student Researcher2021 — 2022Zurich, Switzerland
- VerityJunior Software Engineer2021Zurich, Switzerland
- Duckietown FoundationTeacher Assistant: Autonomous Mobility on Demand2020 — 2021Zurich, Switzerland
- MIT DriverlessSimulation and Testing Lead2019 — 2020Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- Formula Student Team DelftAutonomous Software Lead2019 — 2020Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- Talaria Aero BVFlight Control Engineer2019Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- Duckietown AlumniVehicle Autonomy Engineer in Training2018 — 2019Zurich, Switzerland
- Talaria Aero BVChief Engineer and Co-Founder2017 — 2018Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- D.S.R. Proteus-EretesLightweight Rower2016 — 2018Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- Fundació Catalunya La PedreraYouth & Science Fellow2014 — 2016Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area
- Red Leaf - Education in CanadaFundación Amancio Ortega (FAO) Academic Scholar2014 — 2015British Columbia, Canada
Skills & more
Public Speaking2Python7Robot Operating System (ROS)4Simulations1Project Management6Foreign Languages2Matlab1CATIA4LaTeX1C++2
Languages Catalan · Dutch · English · German (A2.1) · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Oort Alonso?
- David Oort Alonso is the founder of Bloom, a no-code platform that enables users to design, build, and share native mobile applications from Android devices without programming knowledge.
- Where does David Oort Alonso work?
- David Oort Alonso is Founder of Bloom.
- What companies did David Oort Alonso found?
- David Oort Alonso founded Bloom.
- Where did David Oort Alonso go to school?
- David Oort Alonso studied at Y Combinator; ETH Zürich (Master of Science - MS, Robotics); ETH Zürich (Minor Programme Abroad, Robotics).
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