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Mind Robotics, the startup founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, has now raised over $1 billion for its AI-powered industrial robot project, valuing the company at $3.4 billion.
The latest fundraising round, which secured $400 million, was led by Kleiner Perkins and includes investments from Salesforce Ventures and Incharge Capital, a Volkswagen-affiliated venture-capital firm, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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The new round brings the total raised to over $1 billion in under a year and values the company at $3 billion+.
The full picture, per WSJ:
The new round:
- $400M led by Kleiner Perkins
- Additional investors include the venture arms of Volkswagen and Salesforce
- Volkswagen is Rivian's partner on a software joint venture
Capital raised to date:
- $115M from Eclipse (2025 seed)
- $500M (two months ago)
- $400M (this round)
- Total: $1B+
The company:
- Originally known internally as "Project Synapse"
- Builds industrial robotics with "human-like skills" for factory automation
- Chairman: Rivian $RIVN CEO RJ Scaringe
Scaringe told TechCrunch in March he created Mind Robotics because he felt other startups were not fully equipped to automate industrial work.
He also spun out a separate micromobility company called Also, which has raised $300M+ to date.