Redpoint Ventures

Paying hackers often invites repeat extortion; Proofpoint finds >1/3 of paid victims face a second demand, while multiple data-exfiltration incidents and large-scale security funding/deployment in AI-era security highlight ongoing risk.

Aaru, an AI synthetic research startup, raised a Series A led by Redpoint at a headline $1B valuation with a round size above $50M; ARR is under $10M.