Nuro

Market context

Nuro develops autonomous delivery vehicles for local goods movement. Its driverless road vehicles are purpose-built to carry groceries, meals and retail orders rather than passengers.

Facts

• Website: https://www.nuro.ai/
• HQ: Mountain View, United States
• Segment: Delivery
• Known funding rounds: 2

Funding

• 2025-08-21 - Series E - $203M - Nuro closes $203M Series E financing to advance AI-first self-driving technology - source: nuro.ai
• 2021-11-02 - Series D - $600M - Nuro raises USD 600M Series D to scale autonomous delivery - source: nuro.ai

Investors

• Baillie Gifford - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-11-02 - latest 2025-08-21
• Icehouse Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-21
• Kindred Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-21
• NVIDIA - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-21
• Pledge Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-21
• Uber - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-21
• Fidelity Management & Research Company - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-02
• Gaorong Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-02
• Google - Participant - Corporate / Cvc - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2021-11-02
• Kroger - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-02
• SoftBank Vision Fund 1 - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-02
• T. Rowe Price Associates - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-02
• Tiger Global Management - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-02
• Woven Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-11-02

Events

• 2025-08-21 - Funding - Nuro closes $203M Series E financing to advance AI-first self-driving technology - Nuro announced a $203M Series E financing round to advance its AI-first autonomous driving technology. The company says the capital supports commercial partnerships and broader deployment of its self-driving platform. The financing supports continued product…
• 2022-09-08 - Partnership - Nuro signs 10-year Uber Eats delivery partnership - The partnership began with planned operations in Mountain View and Houston. The agreement tied Nuro autonomous delivery vehicles to Uber Eats restaurant delivery demand. The partnership connects Nuro to a customer, supplier or channel for commercial automatio…
• 2021-11-02 - Funding - Nuro raises USD 600M Series D to scale autonomous delivery - Tiger Global Management led the financing. The round backed Nuro vehicle development and commercial delivery partnerships. The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Nuro moves toward broader commercial use. for named custom…
• 2020-12-23 - Regulatory - Nuro receives California autonomous-vehicle deployment permit - The permit allowed Nuro to deploy autonomous delivery vehicles commercially on public roads in approved areas. The approval supported Nuro delivery operations in parts of California. The approval supports Nuro's path toward fielded use in maritime autonomy, u…

Context tags

• Delivery robot OEM - Stack Layer - Profile QA supports Delivery robot OEM.
• Delivery robotics companies - Peer Group - Profile QA supports Delivery robotics companies.

Articles

• 2025-07-17 - Nuro is building Nuro Driver into a licensed robotaxi autonomy stack - The Uber-Lucid program, 20,000-plus planned robotaxis, and 1.7 million autonomous miles move Nuro from delivery vehicles into licensed…