{"slug": "rivian-spinout-also-raises-150m-to-take-its-small-evs-autonomous", "title": "Rivian spinout Also raises $150M to take its small EVs autonomous", "summary": "Also Inc., a small electric vehicle maker spun out of Rivian, announced it raised $150 million in a Series D round to accelerate its autonomous driving work. The funding will support multiple self-driving vehicle formats built on Also's existing electric architecture for consumer and commercial products.", "body_md": "# Rivian spinout Also raises $150M to take its small EVs autonomous\n\nBy Duncan RileySource:\n\n[SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com)Small electric vehicle maker Also Inc. said today it has raised $150 million in a Series D round to accelerate its work on autonomous driving. The money will fund several self-driving vehicle formats at once, all of them built on the electric architecture Also already uses in its consumer and commercial products. Chris Yu, the […]\n\nThe post [Rivian spinout Also raises $150M to take its small EVs autonomous](https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/19/rivian-spinout-also-raises-150m-to-take-its-small-evs-autonomous/) appeared first on [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rivian-spinout-also-raises-150m-to-take-its-small-evs-autonomous", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/rivian-spinout-also-raises-dollar150m-to-take-its-small-evs-rhjd", "published_at": "2026-08-19 23:15:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 00:44:30.699631+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["autonomous-vehicles", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Also Inc.", "Rivian", "Chris Yu"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rivian-spinout-also-raises-150m-to-take-its-small-evs-autonomous", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rivian-spinout-also-raises-150m-to-take-its-small-evs-autonomous.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rivian-spinout-also-raises-150m-to-take-its-small-evs-autonomous.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rivian-spinout-also-raises-150m-to-take-its-small-evs-autonomous.jsonld"}}