Industry
Rivian spinout robotics startup Mind Robotics hires Doug Field
Mind Robotics, an industrial robotics startup spun out by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, has appointed Doug Field as president. Field, who led Tesla’s Model 3 program and later worked on Apple’s car project and Ford’s EV, digital and design organization, will oversee product, engineering and operations with Scaringe. The company has raised more than $1 billion in under a year and is developing foundation models and dedicated robot hardware for manufacturing work.
