GoKawiilDoug Field named president of RJ Scaringe's Mind Robotics
Mind Robotics, the industrial AI and robotics venture spun out of Rivian last year, has hired former Ford and Apple EV executive Doug Field as president. Field will oversee product, engineering and operations day-to-day, while Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe remains involved with the company. The startup has raised over $1 billion from investors including Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and venture arms of Volkswagen and Salesforce.
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Bringing in a veteran executive with experience scaling EV and hardware programs at Ford, Tesla and Apple suggests Mind Robotics is preparing to move beyond early-stage development into larger-scale deployment. Using Rivian as a live manufacturing testbed could give the startup a practical advantage in training and deploying its purpose-built robots compared to rivals building humanoid systems.
- Doug Field, former Ford EV chief, joins Mind Robotics as president.
- Mind Robotics has raised over $1 billion from major venture investors.
- Rivian serves as Mind Robotics' first customer and training environment.
Source: techcrunch.com — Kirsten Korosec, 2026-10-13
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