# Aurora Innovation: company

Canonical ID: `de66897b-6e6a-4761-af96-ef293f25a44a`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2017 by Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnell
- **Public:** Nasdaq: AUR (public via Reinvent Technology Partners Y SPAC, 2021)
- **Milestone:** US-first commercial driverless trucking, Dallas-Houston (May 2025); 250,000+ driverless miles by early 2026
- **Observer status:** Current PACCAR fleet runs driverless but carries an OEM-requested in-cab OBSERVER (not a safety driver; the Aurora Driver operates). Observer-free operation is targeted on the 2nd-gen International LT platform (Q2 2026); 200+ observer-free trucks targeted by end 2026.
- **Driver:** Aurora Driver (SAE Level 4), the common autonomy platform across PACCAR, International, and Volvo trucks

- **Slug:** aurora
- **Status:** public
- **Founded:** 2017
- **HQ:** Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

## Models

- [Aurora Driver on International LT (2nd-gen)](/models/aurora-international-lt.md) (truck) (id: `bce30d43-45e4-48b0-8119-80fdd4b84e9b`)
- [Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR)](/models/aurora-peterbilt-579.md) (truck) (id: `4c3a9674-a145-4658-bd15-20fde74a2d44`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (12)

1. https://fortune.com/2017/04/28/aurora-innovation-startup/
2. https://ir.aurora.tech/company-information/leadership-team
3. https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/15/spacs-keep-rolling-as-autonomous-vehicle-startup-aurora-targets-blank-check-debut-with-13b-valuation/
4. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/24/reinvent-technology-partners-y-announces-shareholder-approval-of-proposed-business-combination-with-aurora
5. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001828108/000119312521215991/d326572dex991.htm
6. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/119/aurora-begins-commercial-driverless-trucking-in-texas-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-freight
7. https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/aurora-launches-commercial-self-driving-truck-service-in-texas/
8. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001828108/000182810825000078/auroracommerciallaunchpres.htm
9. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/132/aurora-triples-driverless-network-to-10-routes-and-prepares-to-expand-across-u-s-sun-belt
10. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260211346263/en/Aurora-Triples-Driverless-Network-to-10-Routes-and-Prepares-to-Expand-Across-U.S.-Sun-Belt
11. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/139/aurora-announces-first-quarter-2026-results
12. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260506162229/en/Aurora-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results

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