Rivian plans to run third-party AI agents in its cars

Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the automaker's vehicles will eventually run AI agents built by other companies, such as Anthropic. No timeline was given; more details are promised at Rivian's AI & Autonomy Day in December. Vehicle-level controls like braking and steering will not be handed to agents.

• Rivian already rolled out a voice AI assistant for its electric vehicles
• Third-party agents, including Anthropic's, are planned for future cars
• Rivian's in-house agentic framework routes requests to local or cloud models
• Agents will not control safety-critical functions like brakes or steering