Also News
Latest Also news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $455M raised. 20 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
About Also
Also (also styled ALSO, website ridealso.com) designs and builds small, electric vehicles for personal mobility and last-mile delivery, including both human-driven and autonomous models. The company originated as a skunkworks "micromobility" project inside Rivian conceived by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe, and spun out as an independent, Rivian-backed startup in March 2025, led by president Chris Yu, a former Rivian VP.
Its initial product line includes the TM-B, a modular pedal-assist electric bike with interchangeable top frames, and the TM-Q, a four-wheeled "quad" vehicle for cargo and personal transport, both built on a shared vehicle platform. The TM-B won a Red Dot Award for Product Design and was named to TIME's Best Inventions list. Also has since shifted a significant part of its roadmap toward autonomous vehicle form factors for urban delivery.
In March 2026, Also signed a multi-year commercial agreement with DoorDash to jointly develop and deploy autonomous delivery vehicles, coinciding with a $200 million Series C round that valued the company at over $1 billion. The company raised $105 million at launch from Eclipse, followed by the Series C, and then a $150 million Series D in August 2026 led by Prysm Capital, bringing total disclosed funding to roughly $455 million.
Key facts
- Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2025
- Ownership: Private company
- Sectors: Autonomous Vehicles
- Website: https://ridealso.com
Products by Also
- TM-B (Autonomous Vehicle, 2026) — A modular, pedal-assist electric bike with interchangeable top frames for personal and cargo use.
- TM-Q (Autonomous Vehicle, 2026) — A four-wheeled electric vehicle designed for cargo and personal transport.
Funding rounds
- Series D — $150M — 2026 — led by Prysm Capital
- Series C — $200M — 2026 — led by Greenoaks Capital
- Series B — $105M — 2025 — led by Eclipse
Latest Also news
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- UK's University of Lincoln Lands £4.8M to Build Farm-Robot Testing Hub — Innovate UK is funding £4.8 million of a £7.1 million agri-robotics hub at the University of Lincoln, linking robot makers like Saga Robotics and Dogt...
- KAIST Spinout Lion Robotics Shows Off Backflipping Quadruped as $75M Round Nears — Lion Robotics demonstrated its RAIBO quadruped flipping and climbing hills for investors in Seoul on November 6, as the KAIST spinout pursues a 100 bi...
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