Red Cell Partners

👉 Visit the website: claros.tech

👉 Read the press release: businesswire.com/news/home/2026…

Thirteen months ago, we launched Claros with a simple but ambitious goal: to safeguard our nation from a looming energy crisis by reimagining how power is sourced, used, and stored in data centers. Today we co-led their $30M seed round with @generalcatalyst to reimagine data center power from chip to grid. Joining us were new and existing partners like Systemiq Capital, Aero X Ventures, Trenches Capital, and others. With its integrated voltage regulator and DC-native power distributor, Claros is significantly improving AI chips’ power efficiency, reducing energy waste, and making the entire data center operation more resilient. Learn more about Claros and its technology in this @axios exclusive: axios.com/2026/03/19/cla… #Claros #RedCellPartners #ImpactThroughInnovation #SeedRound #Fundraise #AI #DataCenter #PowerDelivery @grantverstandig

Exclusive: $30M in seed money to cut data center energy loss trib.al/B2dWwWg

Axios Future of Defense event in DC on March 23 Guests include @MarkTEsper and @jacobhelberg. Request an invite: …thenewdefenselandscape.splashthat.com

On Friday, @Andesite CEO Brian Carbaugh joined @BloombergTV’s Balance of Power to reflect on his early career as a CIA officer, its impact on Andesite’s technology and culture, and how AI’s rapid evolution is demanding novel strategies to elevate our nation’s preparedness against growing cyber threats. Watch the interview: bloomberg.com/news/videos/20… Andesite reflects a growing movement of former CIA officers leveraging their expertise to lead dual-use technology startups, as reported by Bloomberg's @jamietarabay last week. Read the full story: bit.ly/4sja4VN #andesite #cybersecurity #ai

Former CIA officer Brian Carbaugh, co-founder of the data analytics startup Andesite, said that while AI can absorb and sort great volumes of information, human judgement about how to prioritize and use that data remains essential bloom.bg/4dkrgFI

“Retired spies [are] taking their field experience from the CIA to the C-suite,” according to Bloomberg's @jamietarabay. It’s a rising trend we’ve witnessed since Red Cell’s inception, with former CIA officer Brian Carbaugh joining @grantverstandig to co-found Andesite, a human-AI SOC empowering cyber defense teams to make critical decisions, assess threats, reduce risk, and focus on prevention. Learn how officers-turned-founders are using their unique skillset to solve technology challenges across both government and commercial sectors: bit.ly/4sja4VN #andesite #cia #founder #impactthroughinnovation @business

My latest: a small but growing trend of former CIA officers leaving the agency and launching and leading their own tech startups: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

We are thrilled to welcome Sean O'Keefe to the Red Cell Platform team as our new Deputy CTO! Sean brings extensive expertise in cutting-edge software engineering and AI safety. Most recently SVP of Engineering and Founding Engineer at Function Health, he led the development of a secure health data platform and launched a generative AI platform utilizing LLMs. When he's not working, Sean can be found in the water spearfishing or scuba diving. We're so excited to have you on the team, Sean! Read the full press release: businesswire.com/news/home/2026… #newhire #welcometotheteam #technology #AI #ImpactThroughInnovatio

Last week, our Founder, Chairman, and CEO @grantverstandig joined some of the brightest minds in healthcare technology at the Milken Institute's Cancer 2035. Alongside Luciana Borio of ARCH Venture Partners and Helmy Eltoukhy, CEO of Guardant Health, he discussed how innovation in trial design, new technology platforms, and strategic investment can get precision medicine to the patients who need it most. See where our team is headed next: redcellpartners.com/events/ #Cancer2035 #MilkenInstitute

Our National Security President Veronica Daigle and Vantive CEO Brennan Grignon will take the stage at next week's AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology's MFG meeting to share their insights on how to best work with the Pentagon, what supply chain disruption looks like for our nation's military, and how manufacturers can best support today's Defense Industrial Base. Register here: events.amtonline.org/event/8fd364ee… Looking forward to the discussion! #MFGMeeting #NationalSecurity #ManufacturingTechnology

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@grantverstandig and Brennan Grignon spoke at @StationDC_HQ's How We Win 2.0 event.

In February, we invested in a new cyber company, wrote a dating guide for startups and primes, led discussions at marquee events across D.C., and more. See what you missed below. 👇