--- title: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and... description: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is confirmed to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco). He will discuss Rivian's strategy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rivian-ceo-rj-scaringe-is-betting-on-evs-robots-and-autonomy-all-at-once-he-ll-explain-why-at-di-kmtzcm2lg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is confirmed to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco). He will discuss Rivian's strategy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rivian-ceo-rj-scaringe-is-betting-on-evs-robots-and-autonomy-all-at-once-he-ll-explain-why-at-di-kmtzcm2lg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kmtZCM2LG.png og:image:alt: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026 **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is confirmed to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco). He will discuss Rivian's strategy spanning EVs, AI-powered autonomy, and robotics. Key highlights include the launch of the R2 SUV (~$58,000), a roadmap to Level 4 autonomy by 2028, a growing EV charging network, and Mind Robotics — a humanoid robotics spinoff that has raised $900 million, with Rivian as a major shareholder and launch customer. Mind Robotics aims to integrate robots into Rivian's Normal, Illinois factory to address anticipated labor shortages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much has Mind Robotics raised and what is its relationship with Rivian? Mind Robotics, the humanoid robotics company founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, has raised $900 million in a single year. Rivian is a large shareholder and launch customer. The goal is to deploy robots on Rivian's factory floor in Normal, Illinois, to address an anticipated shortage in human labor, with Scaringe serving as executive chair and acting CEO. _Developers and founders tracking robotics and EV industry moves follow developments like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [RJ Scaringe has raised $12 billion across three startups, and investors are still queueing up](https://daily.dev/posts/rj-scaringe-has-raised-12-billion-across-three-startups-and-investors-are-still-queueing-up-zz20cctgc) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI agents are coming to Rivian's cars](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-agents-are-coming-to-rivian-s-cars-1esxjskql) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12 billion across three startups and investors still want more](https://daily.dev/posts/rj-scaringe-has-raised-more-than-12-billion-across-three-startups-and-investors-still-want-more-d3xpl13fa) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Lights Up Remote Island](https://daily.dev/posts/ocean-thermal-energy-conversion-lights-up-remote-island-fwlfb9hct) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rivian-ceo-rj-scaringe-is-betting-on-evs-robots-and-autonomy-all-at-once-he-ll-explain-why-at-di-kmtzcm2lg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rivian-ceo-rj-scaringe-is-betting-on-evs-robots-and-autonomy-all-at-once-he-ll-explain-why-at-di-kmtzcm2lg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/rivian-ceo-rj-scaringe-is-betting-on-evs-robots-and-autonomy-all-at-once-he-ll-explain-why-at-di-kmtzcm2lg"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T15:30:38.080Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T16:11:49.443Z","description":"Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is confirmed to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco). 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