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Company

Aurora Innovation

Founded
2016 [1]
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [2] [3]
Latest Form D
$54,915,079 sold (filed 2021-03-19) [4]
Partners
Continental (driverless truck production) [5]
Partners
Uber Freight (autonomous trucking through 2030) [6]
Website
http://aurora.tech/ [1]

Leadership

  • Chris Urmson Executive Officer, Director Form D
  • Carl Eschenbach Director Form D
  • James Bagnell Director Form D
  • Reid Hoffman Director Form D
  • Mike Volpi Director Form D
  • Dara Khosrowshahi Director Form D
  • Ian Smith Director Form D
  • William Mouat Director Form D

Timeline

  1. Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways TechCrunch
  2. Aurora takes feds to court over safety rules as it nears self-driving truck launch TechCrunch
  3. Uber Freight and self-driving trucks startup Aurora partner for the long haul TechCrunch
  4. Self-driving vehicle company Aurora cuts 3% of its workforce TechCrunch
  5. Aurora finalizes design of self-driving trucks it will make with Continental The Verge

References

  1. wikidata.org — retrieved Aug 5, 2026
  2. aurora.tech — retrieved Aug 5, 2026
  3. techcrunch.com — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    The Pittsburgh-based company
  4. sec.gov — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
  5. theverge.com — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    The technology will power its future lineup of driverless semi trucks that it’s producing with German auto supplier Continental starting in 2027.
  6. techcrunch.com — retrieved Aug 6, 2026
    Uber Freight and Aurora Innovation have announced a multi-year collaboration that will see Aurora’s autonomous driving technology offered on the Uber Freight network through 2030.