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Mind Robotics

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Mind Robotics builds a full-stack AI-powered industrial robotics platform: foundation models, purpose-built hardware (not humanoid), and deployment infrastructure for dexterous manipulation tasks that fixed-path automation cannot handle; parts picking, component assembly, wiring harness routing. Robots deployed in Rivian's Normal, IL factory generate a continuous flow of real-world manipulation data; models are retrained and pushed back to deployed robots in a tight production loop. The company targets the large class of factory value-add work requiring human-like dexterity, adaptation, and physical reasoning.

HeadquartersPalo Alto, US
Founded2025
Corporate funding$1.0B
Team51-200
Deployments1
Open roles22
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries B
FoundersRJ Scaringe (Chairman; founder and CEO of Rivian), Founding team from Physical Intelligence, Waymo, Zoox, and Google
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS
Service footprintHQ in Palo Alto, CA; robots actively deployed in Rivian's Normal, IL manufacturing plant; targeting broader industrial manufacturing sector in 2026
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-03-11Rivianelectric vehicle manufacturing plantUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordEclipseAccelAndreessen HorowitzKleiner PerkinsRivian (strategic investor and first customer)Prysm CapitalBain Capital VenturesGreenoaks
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Network neighbours

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Extend RoboticsAnnounced partnership · Physical AI software
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles22

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

Actuation Engineer, Motor DesignHardware Engineering · Palo AltoElectrical Design EngineerHardware Engineering · Palo AltoElectrical Design Engineer, Tactile SensingHardware Engineering · Palo AltoMechanical Design EngineerHardware Engineering · Palo AltoMechanical Design Engineer, Tactile SensingHardware Engineering · Palo AltoSafety EngineerHardware Engineering · Palo AltoSystems EngineerHardware Engineering · Palo AltoTechnical Program Manager - HardwareHardware Engineering · Palo Alto
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-05-13Raised $400M additional round; total funding tops $1B; valuation reaches $3.4B; company targeting scale deployment at Rivian and first external industrial customersSiliconAngle
2026-03-11Raised $500M Series A co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz; robots actively deployed in Rivian's Normal, IL plant handling parts picking, assembly, and wiring harnessesTechCrunch
2025-11-01Spun out of Rivian with $115M seed round led by Eclipse; founded with team from Physical Intelligence, Waymo, Zoox, and Google under chairman RJ ScaringeTechCrunch
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Source ledger

5 unique public sources

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Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robotsTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Mind Robotics Announces $400M in New Funding to Expand Industrial Robotics DeploymentBusiness Wire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Auto-scan: Extend Robotics + Mind Robotics: "Selected as one of 15 startups for Google DeepMind Robotics Accelerator EMEA program (June–Sep 2026)"press · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Rivian CEO's AI-Powered Robotics Startup Raises $500 MillionThe Wall Street Journal · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Rivian spinout Mind Robotics lands $400M to push AI robots onto factory floorsSiliconAngle · retrieved 2026-07-05