Aurora Innovation

Aurora Innovation develops and operates the Aurora Driver for commercial driverless freight trucking. Its finished system combines sensors, autonomy software, remote assistance and fleet operations on an expanding U.S. route network.

Facts

Segment: Logistics Automation
Country: United States
Ticker: AUR
Website: https://aurora.tech

Market context

Aurora is one of the few listed pure-play autonomy companies with a commercial trucking deployment focus and a driver-as-a-service model.

Mars Auto - comparable profile - peer: Autonomous Trucking Software
Sony - comparable profile - peer: Autonomous Trucking Software
Zoox - workflow adjacency - workflow: Autonomous Vehicle Driving

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Products

Aurora Driver

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Financials

AUR - NASDAQ - USD

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Timeline

2026-07-22 - Deployment - Aurora launches second-generation driverless trucks in commercial service - Roush is integrating redundant systems and Aurora hardware at a facility dedicated to Aurora production. The companies formalized an upfit process targeting an annual production run-rate of 1,000 trucks later in 2026. Aurora separately reports a driverless… - source: ir.aurora.tech
2025-07-30 - Deployment - Aurora expands driverless trucking to nighttime operations - Driverless trucks began night operations after Aurora's May 2025 commercial launch. The fleet exceeded 20,000 driverless miles by the end of June. The Phoenix terminal supports autonomous trips on the Fort Worth, El Paso and Phoenix lane. - source: ir.aurora.tech
2025-05-01 - Deployment - Aurora begins commercial driverless trucking service in Texas - Aurora began commercial driverless trucking service on public roads between Dallas and Houston. The launch used the Aurora Driver self-driving system in freight operations without a human driver onboard. - source: ir.aurora.tech

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Team

Chris Urmson - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ossa Fisher - President
David Maday - Chief Financial Officer

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Relations

Uber ATG - Acquired Autonomous Driving Business - Aurora acquired Uber ATG in 2021; Uber invested in the combined company and retained a commercial-network relationship.
Roush - Vehicle Upfit And Manufacturing Partner - Roush integrates Aurora's second-generation hardware and redundant systems into driverless trucks at a dedicated production facility.

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Deployments

Service Area Expansion - driverless trucking expanded to nighttime operations - 2025-07-30 - commercial driverless trucking lanes - autonomous trucking - Aurora expanded commercial driverless trucking to nighttime operations and opened a Phoenix terminal. - source posture: Company… - source: ir.aurora.tech
Driverless Miles - 1,200+ driverless miles at commercial launch - 2025-05-01 - Uber Freight / Hirschbach Motor Lines - commercial driverless trucking - Aurora launched regular driverless customer deliveries between Dallas and Houston for Uber Freight and Hirschbach Motor… - source: ir.aurora.tech

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