Cheeky Pint How to build a $16B car company with RJ Scaringe, founder of Rivian
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Oct 14, 2025 
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The Immense Minimum Bet
- Building a car company requires billions, thousands of engineers, hundreds of suppliers and massive manufacturing capacity all at once.
- RJ Scaringe highlights the extreme simultaneous needs that make auto startups uniquely hard.
Amazon Deal Was The Inflection
- Amazon's 2019 investment was a turning point and included a commercial van deal that validated Rivian's business case.
- RJ says Amazon became their largest shareholder and accelerated vehicle development and production.
Sequence Testing Before Scale
- Test vehicles through multiple seasons and large durability programs before mass production.
- Prioritize repeatability and process discipline when scaling from prototypes to production.