Logan Bartlett

We’re thrilled to announce that Redpoint is leading Aaru’s $80M Series A. Aaru is a simulation platform for organizations to simulate human and market behavior in order to help them make better decisions. Understanding human behavior is arguably the oldest intellectual pursuit in history. We can predict the positions of planets decades into the future and simulate climate patterns with great precision, but predicting what people will do has always been an unsolved problem.

We’re excited to share that Jacob Effron has been promoted to Managing Director at Redpoint. Since joining the firm in 2020, Jacob has built a reputation as one of the most thoughtful and trusted voices in venture. His investments in companies such as Abridge, Legora, Garner, Scribe, Physical Intelligence, AcuityMD, Ideogram, and Ramp speak volumes about his ability to identify and support transformational teams. Great founders consistently seek Jacob out.

Macroeconomic concerns are growing, largely driven by uncertainty around tariff decisions—and, to a lesser extent, spending cuts related to DOGE. A number of notable macro investors and economists have come out as bearish in the last few weeks, and this is changing by the day. This uncertainty has led to a major market pullback. While we usually see a dip in S&P 500 performance following an election, this year has been more extreme than historical trends.