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.