Mind Robotics

• Operating use

  2026-08-29 - Mind Robotics reports that its first robots are learning inside a live Rivian production facility and training on active vehicle lines. - Mind Robotics factory-floor learning programme - Rivian live production facility

  Source

• 2026-05-13 - Series A-1 - $400M - Mind Robotics raises $400M follow-on financing led by Kleiner Perkins

  valuation: $3.4B - Mind Robotics raised $400 million in follow-on financing led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing total investment to more than $1 billion. - source: businesswire.com

• 2026-05-13 - Mind Robotics raises $400M to scale AI-powered industrial robots

  Mind Robotics announced a $400M financing led by Kleiner Perkins to expand deployment of AI-powered robots in live manufacturing environments. The company said the round brings total investment to more than $1B, with participation from Meritech Capital… - source: businesswire.com

• 2026-03-11 - Series A - $500M - Mind Robotics closes $500M Series A at about a $2B valuation

  valuation: ~ $2B - Mind Robotics completed a $500 million Series A co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz to build and deploy industrial robotic systems. - source: finance.yahoo.com

• 2026-03-11 - Mind Robotics raises $500M Series A for AI-powered industrial robots

  Mind Robotics announced a $500M Series A co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz to support deployment of AI-powered robots at industrial scale. - source: finance.yahoo.com

• 2025-11-04 - Seed - $115M - Mind Robotics raises $115M seed round after Rivian spinout

  Rivian’s annual filing states that Mind Robotics issued Series Seed preferred shares to third parties, primarily Eclipse Ventures, for approximately $112 million. - source: techcrunch.com

• Accel - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-03-11 - latest 2026-05-13
• Andreessen Horowitz - Lead - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-03-11 - latest 2026-05-13
• Eclipse - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-11-04 - latest 2026-05-13
• A-Star Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Bain Capital Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Garuda Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Greenoaks - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Incharge Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Kleiner Perkins - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Meritech Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Prysm Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Redpoint Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13
• Rivian - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-11
• SV Angel - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-13

• RJ Scaringe - Founder & Chairman - Founder of Mind Robotics and chairman of its board.
• Doug Field - President - Oversees product, engineering and operations as Mind scales its foundation models, purpose-built robots and industrial deployment infrastructure.

Events

• 2026-10-13 - Executive Hire - Mind Robotics appoints Doug Field president

  Field previously led EV, digital and design work at Ford, Apple’s Special Projects Group and Mac hardware engineering, and Tesla engineering for the Model 3. Rivian serves as a key customer and launch partner, providing a high-volume manufacturing environment for robot-model training and deployment. Mind combines foundation models, purpose-built robotics and deployment infrastructure for industrial and manufacturing tasks.

  Source
• 2026-05-13 - Funding - Mind Robotics raises $400M follow-on financing led by Kleiner Perkins

  Kleiner Perkins was named as lead, with Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, SV Angel, Incharge Capital, A-Star Capital and Garuda Ventures among the new participants. Existing investors included Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse, Prysm Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Greenoaks. Mind Robotics said Rivian provides a live, high-volume manufacturing environment for model training and deployment.

  Source
• 2026-05-13 - Funding - Mind Robotics raises $400M to scale AI-powered industrial robots

  Mind Robotics announced a $400M financing led by Kleiner Perkins to expand deployment of AI-powered robots in live manufacturing environments The company said the round brings total investment to more than $1B, with participation from Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, SV Angel, Incharge Capital, A-Star Capital, Garuda Ventures, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse, Prysm Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Greenoaks Mind Robotics operates with Rivian as a key partner and shareholder, using Rivian manufacturing environments for model training and deployment.

  Source
• 2026-03-11 - Funding - Mind Robotics closes $500M Series A at about a $2B valuation

  Mind Robotics completed a $500 million Series A co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. The capital supports deployment of AI-enabled industrial robotic systems. Transaction coverage reported an approximately $2 billion company valuation; the basis was not specified.

  Source
• 2026-03-11 - Funding - Mind Robotics raises $500M Series A for AI-powered industrial robots

  Mind Robotics announced a $500M Series A co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz to support deployment of AI-powered robots at industrial scale The company said it is building a full-stack robotics platform combining AI models, purpose-built robot hardware and deployment infrastructure for factory and warehouse work Rivian is a partner and major shareholder, providing manufacturing data and live production environments for training, testing and deployment.

  Source
• 2025-11-04 - Funding - Mind Robotics raises $115M seed round after Rivian spinout

  Mind Robotics was created as a Rivian spinout focused on industrial AI and robotics. According to a TechCrunch report, the company raised a $115M seed round led by Eclipse. The financing supports continued product development, deployment scaling, and commercialization of the company's robotics platform.

  Source
• 2025-11-04 - Org Change - Rivian creates Mind Robotics as industrial AI and robotics spinout

  Rivian created Mind Robotics as an industrial AI and robotics venture focused on physical-world automation According to a TechCrunch report, Mind Robotics had already raised a $115M seed round led by Eclipse.

  Source

Relationships

• Rivian

  Deployment Partner - Mind Robotics deploys AI-powered robots in Rivian manufacturing environments for model training and deployment.

Comparable profiles

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Shared workflows

• Tianyuanxing (天元兴)

  workflow adjacency - Factory Robot Deployment · Industrial Task Generalization

• Corenetic AI

  workflow adjacency - Demo Taught Robot Tasks · Industrial Task Generalization

• THEKER Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Factory Floor Robotics Builder

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  workflow adjacency - Factory Floor Robotics Builder

• Reimagine Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Demo Taught Robot Tasks

• JOYX

  workflow adjacency - Demo Taught Robot Tasks

• PHYMI

  workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection

• Reward AI

  workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection

• Lightwheel

  workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection

• LabyrinthAI

  workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection

• Synthium

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Context tags

• Factory robot deployment - Workflow - Mind Robotics deploys robots in factory environments.
• Industrial manipulation robot OEM - Stack Layer - Mind Robotics builds complete industrial manipulation robot systems.
• Adaptive industrial manipulation - Capability - https://www.mindrobotics.com/ — exact reviewed source supports this bounded company context.
• Robot learning - Capability - https://www.mindrobotics.com/ — exact reviewed source supports this bounded company context.
• Factory floor robotics builder - Workflow - Mind Robotics builds robotic systems for factory floors and manufacturing.
• Robot learning data collection - Workflow - https://www.mindrobotics.com/ — exact reviewed source supports this bounded company context.
• Industrial task generalization - Workflow - Mind Robotics robots generalize across industrial tasks.
• Demonstration-taught robot tasks - Workflow - Mind Robotics systems learn from demonstrations.
• Physical AI manipulation builder - Peer Group - Mind Robotics uses AI-driven manipulation for industrial tasks.
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - Mind Robotics has commercial factory robot deployments.
• Factory automation cells - Customer Environment - Mind Robotics systems are deployed in factory automation cells.