Ariane Fikki
Venture Partner

Ariane Fikki is a Venture Partner at Andromeda Ventures, operating at the intersection of space, artificial intelligence, and extended reality. She brings experience building partnerships and go-to-market strategies across defense, commercial space, and emerging technology ecosystems, with a focus on accelerating dual-use capabilities relevant to national security and economic competitiveness.

Ariane serves as Deputy Vice President for the U.S. Space Force Association (Southeast Region), working within one of the world’s most active launch and aerospace corridors to support policy alignment and ecosystem development. She also leads Global Partnerships for the VR/AR Association (VRARA), connecting immersive technology companies with defense, aerospace, and enterprise markets to support adoption across mission-critical applications.

She is President of Applied AI Florida, where she bridges government, defense, academia, and industry to strengthen the region’s Modeling, Simulation, and Training ecosystem supporting the U.S. Armed Forces and their research partners. Through her consulting firm, Zero Zero One, Ariane advises companies on go-to-market strategy, partnerships, and technology transition across digital twins, immersive systems, AI-driven infrastructure, and converged physical–virtual environments.

Ariane serves on the core team of Nexplore 2040, a multi-stakeholder initiative addressing NASA’s identified technology shortfalls through coordinated innovation and investment. She also advises public-sector and municipal innovation initiatives focused on smart cities, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, and resilient systems.