Jacob Colker

Jacob Colker

First Institutional Investor / Incubator at Aria
Seattle, Washington, United States

Jacob Colker is Co-Founder and Managing Director at AI House, and serves as an early-stage investor and incubator for multiple AI startups including Aria, Assertion AI, Augment AI, and Blue Canoe. He specializes in transforming cutting-edge AI research into real-world companies, with expertise in the zero-to-one phase of startup development.

Jacob Colker announces Seattle startups score major wins: Stoke Space $1B raise, BrainChild Bio $116M, Nuance Labs $50M, Helion expands

A roundup by Jacob Colker highlights major Seattle-area tech and biotech funding and growth: Stoke Space raised $1B (now $2.3B) for reusable rockets, BrainChild Bio $116M for a CAR-T DIPG trial, General Robotics offers rapid robot deployment, Helion expands amid fusion commercialization with 800+ employees, and Nuance Labs raised $50M for multimodal AI.

Organizations

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  • Aria First Institutional Investor / Incubator 2025–present · current
  • Assertion AI First Investor / Incubator 2025–present · current
  • Eidol AI First Institutional Investor / Incubator 2025–present · current

Education

  • The Johns Hopkins University (Dropped out of a Masters in Communication to start my first company—60% completed)
  • Columbia College Chicago B.A., Media Management

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