Overview
- Rivian has spent nearly two years building a model‑agnostic assistant designed to interface with all vehicle controls rather than serve as an infotainment chatbot.
- The assistant uses a hybrid architecture that runs tasks on‑device with edge AI and offloads heavier compute to the cloud using a mix of task‑specific models.
- Rivian developed much of the stack in‑house, including custom models and an orchestration layer that coordinates agentic workflows, while sourcing select functions from external partners.
- The program remains internal to Rivian and is not part of the Volkswagen joint venture, which focuses on electrical architecture, zonal compute and infotainment for production starting as early as 2027.
- Rivian has not given a firm consumer release date, with prior guidance targeting year‑end and further details expected at the Dec. 11 livestream at 9 a.m. PT.