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RJ Scaringe has raised $12 billion across three startups, and investors are still queueing up

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Rivian’s founder is running three companies with $12.3B raised. Mind Robotics just hit $1B at a $3.4B valuation.

RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12.3 billion across three startups, and the pace is accelerating. The Rivian founder and CEO, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from MIT, is now simultaneously running an electric vehicle manufacturer, an autonomous micromobility company, and an industrial AI robotics startup, each attracting capital at a speed that would be remarkable for any single venture.

The latest data point arrived this week when Mind Robotics, Scaringe’s industrial robotics company, closed a $400 million round led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to more than $1 billion and its valuation to $3.4 billion. The venture arms of Volkswagen and Salesforce also participated. Mind Robotics was founded in 2025, initially as an internal Rivian project called “Project Synapse,” and has raised $115 million in seed...

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Stearns and Foster Promo Codes: $300 Off in May

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Herman Miller Promo Code & Discounts: Save up to 40% in May 2026

If you’re looking for home and office furniture that will be part of your life for the long haul, Herman Miller is a go-to for well-designed, long-lasting furniture. Whether it’s upgrading your work-from-home setup with a better office chair or amping up your curb appeal with stylish new

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Singapore announces a National AI Partnership with Google and an MoU with OpenAI, which will set up an AI lab and commit $234M+ to the city-state's AI ecosystem

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data

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Google Cloud suspended major customer Railway.com without cause, causing outage

This is the service we get when we spend $10m plus? asks automated code deployment outfit PaaS platform Railway says Google temporarily suspended its account on Wednesday without cause, inducing a major outage. Railway automates code deployment by taking a GitHub repo and doing all the work needed to get

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Singapore announces a National AI Partnership with Google and an MoU with OpenAI, which will set up an AI lab and commit $234M+ to the city-state's AI ecosystem

Google Cloud suspended major customer Railway.com without cause, causing outage