Rivian
Publicly listed US electric vehicle maker that operates an in-house additive manufacturing program for prototyping, tooling, jigs and fixtures, and low-volume production parts.
- CEO / Founder
- RJ Scaringe
- Team Size
- 1001-5000
- Stage
- Public
- Total Funding
- $10.5B
- Latest Round
- Post-IPO
- Key Investors
- Amazon; Ford Motor Company; T. Rowe Price; D1 Capital Partners; Coatue Management; Fidelity Management & Research; Volkswagen Group
Technology & Products
Key Products
R1T, R1S and R2 electric vehicles; in-house additive manufacturing of prototypes, assembly tools, jigs, fixtures, stamping die inserts and motor test models.
Technical position · AMPulse analysis
Fleet of about 35 industrial 3D printers (28 Stratasys) with roughly 6,000 print requests a year; reported payback of machines within about a year.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Rivian designs and builds electric vehicles and uses in-house 3D printing to cut tooling cost and lead time, turning parts that once took weeks into days or hours.
How They Differentiate
Internalizes component manufacturing through additive manufacturing to reduce dependence on supplier tooling and speed up development.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Consumer and commercial EV buyers; internally, Rivian engineering and assembly-line teams that use additive manufacturing.
Industry Verticals
Automotive
Competitors
Tesla; Ford; General Motors
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Reported 3D printing investment above $5M, about $1.7M annual material spend, 35 industrial printers, about 6,000 print requests per year.
Major Milestones
Founded 2009; IPO in November 2021; Volkswagen partnership worth up to $5.8B; company-wide 3D printing expansion including an on-demand print bay at Normal, Illinois plant in 2026.
Recent coverage of Rivian
Funding rounds
- Series E$2.65B2021-01Lead: D1 Capital Partners · Source