Aurora Innovation
About Aurora Innovation
Aurora Innovation (Nasdaq: AUR) is a self-driving vehicle technology company that develops the Aurora Driver — a self-driving system combining hardware, software, and data services to operate heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles autonomously. It serves carriers, fleet owners, and ride-hailing networks through its "Driver as a Service" products, Aurora Horizon (trucking) and Aurora Connect (ride-hailing), partnering with industry leaders such as FedEx, Uber, PACCAR, Volvo Trucks, and Toyota.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$4.2B
Last stage
Public
Investors
Founders
Chris Urmson
Former CTO of Google's self-driving car program (now Waymo); PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Co-founded Aurora in 2017 and has served as CEO since inception.
LinkedInSterling Anderson
Former director of Tesla Autopilot. Co-founded Aurora in 2017; left in May 2025 and subsequently joined General Motors.
J. Andrew (Drew) Bagnell
Former head of Uber's autonomy and perception team. Served as Aurora's CTO from 2016–2020; currently Chief Scientist. Also a Consulting Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.
Drew Bagnell
Former head of Uber's autonomy and perception team.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.