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Aurora

Company overview

What Aurora does

Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ: AUR) is a public self-driving technology company focused on commercial autonomous trucking. Its core product is the Aurora Driver, an L4 autonomy platform intended to operate across multiple vehicle types and applications, with trucking positioned as its first driverless product and passenger mobility/local goods delivery treated as subsequent verticals. Aurora builds integrated self-driving “hardware, software, and data services” and develops an industry stack that includes long-range multi-modal sensing with its FirstLight lidar, an HD mapping approach referred to as Aurora Atlas, and a Virtual Testing Suite to accelerate development and validation.

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News

Company record

Jul 27, 2026 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)Value Truck to Deploy Aurora’s Second-Generation Driverless Trucks

Aurora announced a customer agreement with Value Truck to deploy Aurora’s second-generation driverless trucks.

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Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)Aurora Launches Second-Generation Driverless Trucks in U.S. to Meet Customer Demand

Aurora announced the launch of its second-generation driverless trucks in the U.S., positioning the platform update as a foundation for scaling driverless operations.

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Jun 18, 2026 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)AVI-SPL Launches Autonomous Freight Operations with Volvo Autonomous Solutions

AVI-SPL and Volvo Autonomous Solutions announced commercial autonomous freight operations between Dallas and Houston using the Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the Aurora Driver.

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May 13, 2026 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)Volvo Autonomous Solutions and DSV announce autonomous freight operations in Texas, USA

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and DSV announced the start of autonomous freight operations in Texas using the Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the Aurora Driver.

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May 06, 2026 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)Aurora and McLane Company Partner to Bring Autonomous Trucks to U.S. Restaurant Supply Chain

Aurora announced an agreement with McLane Company to begin driverless hauls in Texas using the Aurora Driver (SAE L4).

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May 01, 2025 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)Aurora Begins Commercial Driverless Trucking in Texas, Ushering in a New Era of Freight

Aurora announced that, after closing its safety case, it began regular driverless customer deliveries between Dallas and Houston and reported cumulative miles without a driver at the time of the announcement.

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Aug 02, 2024 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)Aurora Announces Closing of $483 Million Upsized Public Offering of Class A Common Stock and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

Aurora announced the closing of its $483M upsized public offering of Class A common stock.

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Jul 30, 2024 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)First-of-Its-Kind Independent Audit Recognizes Aurora’s High Commitment to Self-Driving Safety

Aurora announced a Safety Management System audit completed by TÜV SÜD as part of its self-driving safety approach.

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Jul 24, 2023 · Official · Aurora Innovation, Inc. (Investor Relations)Aurora Announces Closing of $820 Million Upsized Public Offering and Private Placement of Class A Common Stock

Aurora announced the closing of an upsized underwritten public offering and concurrent private placement for total gross proceeds of approximately $820 million.

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Capital

Funding

Latest disclosed valuationNot disclosed

Tracked capital$3.9B7 sourced rounds

DateRoundRaisedValuationLead / investorsEvidence

Jun 30, 2026ATM program (equity capital raised during Q2 2026)$221M—

Not attributed

+1 investor

ATM buyers (not individually specified in Form 10-Q)

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Aug 02, 2024Equity public offering (upsized)$483M—

Not attributed

+1 investor

Public offering investors (not individually specified in press release)

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Jul 24, 2023Equity public offering + concurrent private placement$820M—

Not attributed

+2 investors

Private placement investors (not individually specified in press release)Public offering investors (not individually specified in press release)

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Nov 03, 2021SPAC business combination + PIPE$850M—

Not attributed

+1 investor

Reinvent Technology SPV II LLC (Sponsor Related PIPE Investor)

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Feb 07, 2019Series B$530M—

Sequoia Capital · Carl Eschenbach

+8 investors

Amazon Geodesic Greylock Index Ventures Lightspeed Venture Partners Reinvent Capital Shell Ventures T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (funds and accounts advised by)

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Feb 28, 2018Series A$90M—

Greylock Partners

+1 investor

Index Ventures

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UndatedATM program (equity capital raised during period ended 2025-12-31)$898M—

Not attributed

+1 investor

ATM buyers (not individually specified in Form 10-K)

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Products & focus

What it builds

Aurora Driver

Aurora’s self-driving autonomy system designed to operate multiple vehicle types (including Class 8 trucks) and to underpin Aurora’s driverless products for trucking (including driver-as-a-service offerings).

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FirstLight Lidar

Aurora’s proprietary FMCW lidar technology referenced as part of its long-range, multi-modal sensing suite used to support perception for the Aurora Driver.

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Aurora Atlas

Aurora’s HD mapping system referenced as part of its autonomy stack for safe autonomous driving.

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Virtual Testing Suite

Aurora’s simulation and virtual validation approach used to accelerate development and validation of its self-driving stack.

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People

Leadership

Chris UrmsonChairman and Chief Executive Officer Sterling AndersonChief Product Officer Drew BagnellChief Scientist David MadayChief Financial Officer

Operating signals

Key metrics

Team size (approx.)1,900-person team as of Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2025 Driverless miles (reported at launch announcement)Over 1,200 miles without a driver (reported in the May 1, 2025 announcement)May 01, 2025 Nasdaq listing/tickerClass A common stock listed on Nasdaq under symbol AURDec 31, 2025 Commercialization approachTwo-phase approach: early fleet ownership/operation, then Driver as a Service (DaaS) with Aurora earning fee-per-mile (or comparable pricing)Dec 31, 2025

Company history

Milestones & partnerships

Jul 22, 2026

Second-generation driverless trucks launched in the U.S.

Aurora reported the launch of second-generation driverless trucks as a step toward higher-volume commercialization.

↗May 01, 2025

Regular driverless customer deliveries in Texas

Aurora reported driverless customer deliveries between Dallas and Houston following closure of its safety case.

↗Jul 30, 2024

Safety Management System audit completed by TÜV SÜD

Aurora reported that TÜV SÜD completed a Safety Management System audit of Aurora’s safety organization and processes.

TÜV SÜD

↗Jan 01, 2019

FirstLight lidar and virtual testing foundations (product stack emphasis)

Aurora has described its long-range multi-modal sensing and virtual testing as foundational to scaling its self-driving technology; these were positioned early as differentiators in its autonomy stack.

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