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Mind Robotics secured $500 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz, increasing its total funding to $615 million since its founding in November 2025. The startup aims to enhance industrial robots' dexterity and adaptability by utilizing real factory data from Rivian's electric vehicle manufacturing.

RJ Scaringe, founder of Rivian, is the chairman of Mind Robotics, which focuses on traditional industrial robots instead of humanoid designs. A significant number of robots are expected to be deployed by the end of this year. Mind Robotics is the second company spun out from Rivian in 2025, following Also, which focuses on electric mobility.