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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on the R2, robotics & the future of EVs | Masters of Scale

About RJ

  • Founded Rivian in 2009; CEO driving carbon-neutral transport shift
  • Led Rivian's nearly $14B 2021 IPO, largest worldwide since 2014
  • Secured Amazon's 100,000-van order, largest commercial EV order ever
  • Closed a $5.8B 2025 Volkswagen software/electronics deal
  • Contributed 1% of Rivian pre-IPO equity to launch climate nonprofit Forever

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RJ Scaringe is the founder and CEO of Rivian Automotive. Masters of Scale Host Jeff Berman digs into how Scaringe thinks about competing with Tesla, the hard won lessons of building a company that makes both vehicles and software, and how the company is scaling to fuel the highly anticipated launch of its newest electric vehicle: The R2.

This Masters of Scale Live event, sponsored by Atlassian, was recorded at Atlassian Team 2026 in Anaheim.

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