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Fireside Chat with RJ Scaringe

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Explore how robotics shapes the future of electric vehicle manufacturing and autonomous vehicles. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe discusses vertically integrated production, physical AI in automotive, and lessons from scaling EV production. Featured at Actuate, Foxglove's annual conference for robotics and physical AI developers.

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RJ Scaringe, Founder & CEO, Rivian

RJ Scaringe founded Rivian in 2009 to help accelerate the world’s shift toward carbon neutral energy and transportation. Since starting Rivian from a clean sheet, he’s led the company to establish its vertically integrated technology platforms, build multi-program manufacturing capabilities, develop meaningful partnerships and set forth a strategic vision that transcends the profound change we’ll see within the transportation industry over the next few decades. An engineer at heart, RJ has meticulously built a diverse team obsessed with tackling hard problems while fostering an environment that rewards courage, creativity and teamwork. He operates from the belief that the only way to build the kind of world our kids’ kids deserve is through collaboration, not only within organizations, but also across industries and society. Today, Rivian develops and manufactures electric vehicles and charging infrastructure for the consumer and commercial markets. Rivian’s nearly $14 billion IPO in 2021 was the largest worldwide since 2014. Rivian’s first consumer products, the R1T and R1S, have received critical acclaim, including the R1T named MotorTrend’s Truck of the Year for 2022; and both the R1T and R1S earning the highest safety rating of Top Safety Pick+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for 2023 and 2024. Most recently, Rivian was named the Best Luxury Brand of 2024 by US News and World Report. Rivian is also currently fulfilling Amazon's order for 100,000 electric delivery vans—the largest single order for commercial EVs ever placed.

Adrian Macneil, Co-founder & CEO, Foxglove

Adrian Macneil is the CEO and co-founder of Foxglove, a company dedicated to increasing the GDP of robotics through foundational tools and infrastructure. Foxglove’s powerful visualization and data management accelerates robotics development from prototype to production. Prior to founding Foxglove, Adrian was the Director of Infrastructure Engineering at Cruise, where he helped scale from the first prototypes to hundreds of vehicles on the road.

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