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Autonomous vehicles
Publicly traded autonomous trucking company (NASDAQ: AUR) developing the Aurora Driver for commercial freight. Launched fully driverless commercial hauls on the Dallas-to-Houston corridor in April 2025.
| Name | Aurora Innovation |
|---|---|
| Space | Autonomous vehicles |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Latest valuation | —(confirmed) |
| Stage | — |
| Status | active |
| HQ | Pittsburgh |
| Founders | Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, Drew Bagnell |
| Website | https://aurora.tech |
| Careers | https://aurora.tech/careers |
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| X / Twitter | — |
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| Date | Type | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 | added | Aurora Innovation added to tracker | — |
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| Lab | Valuation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Waymo | $126B | 2016 |
| Applied Intuition | $15B | 2017 |
| Motional | $6.5B | 2020 |
| Nuro | $6B | 2016 |
| May Mobility | — | 2017 |
| Zoox | — | 2014 |