Mind Robotics
AI-native robotics startup building foundation models and purpose-built robots to automate industrial and manufacturing tasks at scale.
Mind Robotics is an AI-enabled industrial robotics company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2025 by RJ Scaringe, who is also the CEO of electric-vehicle maker Rivian. The company was spun out of Rivian in November 2025, with Rivian remaining a major shareholder and strategic partner. Mind Robotics is developing a full-stack platform that combines foundation models, purpose-built robotic hardware, and deployment infrastructure to automate physical work in industrial and manufacturing environments. Its central thesis is that the fastest path to broadly capable robots runs through clearly defined, high-impact environments, so the company is starting where the operational need is most acute rather than pursuing general-purpose robots first.
A key advantage is its access to Rivian's manufacturing facilities, which provide a large real-world data flywheel and an at-scale launch environment: AI models can be trained on live production data, and robotic systems can be validated and deployed directly in operating factories. The company raised a seed round of about USD 115 million in late 2025, followed by a USD 500 million Series A in March 2026 led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz, bringing total reported funding to roughly USD 615 million and a valuation near USD 2 billion. Mind Robotics positions itself at the intersection of physical AI and manufacturing automation, targeting industrial-scale deployment of AI-powered robots.
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2025
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Mind Robotics Announces $400M in New Funding to Expand Industrial Robotics Deployment
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