Mind Robotics was founded in early 2026 by RJ Scaringe, CEO of electric vehicle maker Rivian, who is running both companies concurrently. Mind Robotics is pursuing a contrarian philosophy: that current humanoid hardware is already sufficient for a broad range of applications, and the true bottleneck is cognitive architecture. Scaringe argues the industry has over-invested in hardware performance while under-investing in the reasoning and world-model capabilities that would make robots genuinely useful. The company is in stealth mode with an undisclosed seed round from investors including Rivian board members.