Uber CFO Balaji Krishnamurthy posted on X today that RJ Scaringe gave him a preview of the upcoming version of Rivian Autonomy+ last week, and that the vehicle drove from Sunnyvale to Cupertino and back without issue. In the same post he said he traded in his car for a Launch Edition R2.
Sunnyvale to Cupertino is a short surface street route rather than a highway run, which points to the supervised Point-to-Point capability Rivian has said is coming to Gen 2 R1T, R1S and R2 vehicles. Point-to-Point takes an entered address and handles the full drive including turns and stops, which is beyond what Universal Hands-Free does today.
Krishnamurthy became Uber’s CFO in February 2026. Uber has committed to purchasing autonomous R2s from Rivian as part of the robotaxi agreement announced earlier this year, with the vehicles running the same autonomy platform Rivian ships to customer vehicles over the air.
Rivian has not announced a release date for Point-to-Point beyond saying that a limited rollout will happen later this year, with a full rollout in 2027.
I have watched Rivian from the beginning… even played a part in battery module development. Despite fits and starts, I am convinced there is a promising future ahead, and my money is behind RJ and his team.