About this episode
RJ Scaringe discusses Rivian's approach to competing with Tesla and the launch of their new electric vehicle, the R2.
RJ Scaringe is the founder and CEO of Rivian Automotive. 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. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Jeff Berman
Guest: RJ Scaringe
Topics covered
- electric vehicles
- business strategy
- software development
- competition
- company scaling
Keywords
- Rivian
- electric vehicles
- RJ Scaringe
- Tesla
- software
- business growth
- Atlassian
Sponsors
Atlassian
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Rivian Automotive
Products: R2
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