Mind Robotics
Palo Alto industrial AI robotics company spun out of Rivian and chaired by RJ Scaringe
About
Mind Robotics is a Palo Alto, California company founded in 2025 by Rivian chief executive RJ Scaringe to build AI-enabled robots for dexterous, variable and reasoning-intensive factory work. Rivian set it up in November 2025, deconsolidated it in March 2026 and held 32.1% on a shares outstanding basis at June 30, 2026. It raised a $115 million seed led by Eclipse in late 2025, a $500 million Series A co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz in March 2026 and a $400 million Series A-1 led by Kleiner Perkins in May 2026. It has not published a robot specification.
Key stats
- Latest funding
- $400M
- Total funding
- $900M
- Latest valuation
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- Founded
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- Country
- United States
Latest roundsAll rounds
- May 13, 2026Series A-1$400M
- Mar 11, 2026Series A$500MLed by AccelAndreessen Horowitz
Recent newsAll news
- FundingWatney raises $80 million Series A to put dexterous robots on hyperscale data-centre floors
- FundingSunday raises $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation to move its glove-trained Memo robot from demos into homes
- FundingRivian spinout Mind Robotics raises $500 million Series A, and Rivian books a $506 million gain on its stake
- M&AEU clears SoftBank's $5.4 billion ABB Robotics deal, a price of 17 times EBITDA to give its robot AI a body
- FundingRhoda AI leaves stealth with a $450 million Series A to run factory robots on a model that learns from internet video