About
Mike Arpaia is a computer scientist who has spent 15 years building large-scale data and machine learning systems, with a focus on deep learning research and engineering. While at Facebook in 2014 he created and open-sourced osquery, now a widely used cybersecurity tool, and he later co-founded Kolide. He currently works at Moonfire, an early-stage venture capital firm, where he leads technical strategy and an internal research group exploring the mathematical foundations of the venture asset class. He is increasingly focused on how machine learning, robotics, and formal methods can make biological engineering more autonomous, and maintains an ecosystem of open-source software for biological engineering.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Kolide. Created and open-sourced osquery while at Facebook in 2014.
- Education
- Completed a program at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in February 2023.
- Boards
- Served as an AI Advisor to the UK Government Office for Science.
- Communities
- Was a guest lecturer at ETH, LBS, and UCL.
- Awards
- Completed avalanche training with the American Avalanche Association (A3) in January 2024 via Silverton Avalanche School in Ophir, CO. Completed Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) certification in May 2023. Recertified with the National Outdoors Leadership School (NOLS) in May 2025 in Boulder, CO.
- Hobbies
- Spends time in the mountains with his family and has long-standing interests in wilderness medicine and avalanche operations. Maintains open-source software for biological engineering across data infrastructure, machine learning, robotics, and formal methods.
- Family
- Spends time in the mountains with his family.
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