The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Nuro: 3 models, 14 deployments across 6 regions, $2.3B raised, 6 active incidents. 22 sources back the record.
Nuro holds 5 Regulatory filing and 1 FAA action, per the DEPLOY registry.
See all 6 filingsCategoryRobotaxis
Overview
Mountain View, CA-based autonomous vehicle company founded in 2016 by Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson (both ex-Google self-driving car project). Nuro developed custom autonomous delivery vehicles (R2, R3) and became the first company to receive an NHTSA exemption for a vehicle without human controls. Raised approximately .13B in total funding including 00M Series D. Recently pivoted to licensing autonomy technology, raising 06M for that initiative.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 14 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 6 incidents on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries E post-money
Key facts
Strategic pivot
Delivery heritage
Autonomy tiers
Backerssee investors →
HQ
wikidata
wikipedia
Co-founders
Total fundingsee investors →
Series D
Products
Nevada manufacturing facility
Las Vegas test facility
Phoenix depot closure
Houston robotaxi depot
Data & sources
Press releases
3
News coverage
3
Patent documents
12
Web sources
4
22 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Previous platform
Nuro Autonomous Prius
Nuro's first-generation autonomous vehicle: a retrofitted Toyota Prius used for early on-road testing and the December 2021 Mountain View supervised delivery pilot (7-Eleven; first autonomous delivery service in California). Superseded by Nuro's purpose-built R-series delivery pods.
Retired
Nuro R3
Nuro's third-generation electric autonomous delivery vehicle, unveiled in January 2022 at CES. The R3 was the first delivery AV equipped with an external front airbag for pedestrian and cyclist protection, and expanded payload capacity to 500 lbs across heated and cooled compartments. Nuro exited consumer fleet operations in September 2024, pivoting to licensing its autonomous driving stack (marketed as 'Nuro Driver') to automakers and mobility-as-a-service providers; the R3 vehicle program was effectively shelved at that time.
Current platform
Nuro R2
Second-generation Nuro autonomous road vehicle. Low-speed automotive form factor, goods-only (no passenger compartment). Deployed in Houston, Mountain View, and Scottsdale. Classified as `av` form factor; regulatory regime is road-vehicle, not sidewalk. Nuro pivoted from first-party delivery to AV technology licensing (the Nuro Driver). Current R2 operations in Mountain View and Houston are Nuro's own R&D fleet validating the Nuro Driver, not customer deployments; the model is classified research to reflect this post-pivot state.
Nuro on the deployment map
View the global map14 verified deployments across 6 regions, newest verified Jan 2026. Explore where Nuro's robots are operating, by place and type.
- pilotNuro R3 at San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA →verified Jan 2026
- operationalNuro R3 at Palo Alto, California, USA →California · verified Dec 2024
- operationalNuro R3 at Mountain View, California, USA →California · verified Dec 2024
- operationalNuro R3 at Houston, Texas, USA →verified Dec 2024
- endedNuro R2 at Houston →verified Nov 2024
- endedNuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View →verified Nov 2024
- pilotNuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View →verified Aug 2024
- pilotNuro R3 at California →
- pilotNuro R3 at California →
- endedNuro Autonomous Prius at Houston →
- endedNuro R2 at Houston →
- endedNuro R2 at Houston →
View the full Nuro deployment record →
Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by Nuro, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- VerifiedSafety · claimed 2026-01-01
“The Nuro Driver is validated with 5+ years of driverless deployments and over 1.7M autonomous miles with zero at-fault incidents”
Nuro has been operating driverless delivery vehicles since 2020 in Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Houston. The 1.7M miles and zero at-fault claim is stated on their website and not contradicted by any regulatory body. https://www.nuro.ai/blog/driving-forward-nuro-goes-driverless-in-3-cities
- VerifiedCapability · claimed 2024-12-04
“Expanding L4 driverless capabilities using zero-occupant vehicles, powered by the AI-enabled Nuro Driver system”
Nuro is operating L4 driverless in 3 cities (Palo Alto, Mountain View, Houston). Expansion confirmed by Houston Public Media.
- ContradictedCapacity · claimed 2020-01-01 · deadline 2024-12-31
“Nuro will launch its service with a fleet of autonomous Prius vehicles, followed by up to 5,000 low-speed electric delivery vehicles without human controls”
Nuro never deployed 5,000 delivery vehicles. Pivoted to a B2B model licensing autonomous tech to automotive OEMs.
Disagree with a status? Nuro can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Nuro, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is the Nuro R2?
Is the Nuro R2 autonomous?
Current leadership (3)
- Jiajun Zhu Co-founder & Co-CEOsecondary-verified
- Dave Ferguson Co-founder & Co-CEO, Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Mike Mancini Chief Financial Officerreported, not verified
Founders (2)
- Jiajun Zhucofounderfounded 2016-06-01
- Dave Fergusoncofounderfounded 2016-06-01
Former / Previously (1)
- Jack Yang Senior Software Engineer, Mapping & Localizationsecondary-verified
Safety record
6 incidents on record (5 minor). Most recent: Apr 2026.
Most recent: Apr 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Nuro (6)
- ADS crash report in Santa Clara, CA involving a TOYOTA Prius (NHTSA SGO 30291-14538)2026-04-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Houston, TX involving a TOYOTA Prius (NHTSA SGO 30291-13950)2026-01-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Houston, TX involving a TOYOTA Prius (NHTSA SGO 30291-11595)2025-08-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Mountain View, CA involving a TOYOTA Prius (NHTSA SGO 30291-11458)2025-07-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Santa Clara, CA involving a TOYOTA Prius (NHTSA SGO 30291-11324)2025-06-01 · Collision
- NHTSA reviews Nuro R2 AV exemption compliance after safety petition (2021)2021-04-01 · Regulatory action
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (2)
Brains developed (1)
- Nuro Driverfoundation-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Nuro in third-party press
Peer companies
Supplied by (4)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAcompany-levelDRIVE Thorsupplies
Sensors
- Hesai Technologycompany-levelHesai LiDAR for Nuro L4 autonomous delivery (Yole customer list; no single model named)suppliesclaimed
Batteries
- BYD Company Limitedvia Nuro R3BYD Blade Batterymanufactures-forended
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- BYD Company Limitedvia Nuro R3R3 vehicle buildmanufactures-for
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships (6)
- Uber x Nuro x NVIDIA x Lucid robotaxi program with Uber, NVIDIAtechnology
- Lucid x Nuro x Uber Robotaxi with Lucid Motors, Uberdeployment
- Uber x Lucid x Nuro with Uber, Lucid Motorsjoint ventureannouncedreported, not operationally verified
- Nuro x Uber x Lucid Robotaxi with Uberdeploymentannouncedreported, not operationally verified
- Lucid Motors x Nuro x Uber Robotaxi with Lucid Motors, Uberdeploymentannouncedreported, not operationally verified
- FedEx x Nuro with FedEx Corporationdeploymentconcluded
Funding rounds (5)
Nuro’s 5 disclosed rounds, $2.3B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series E2025-08-21
$203M · $6.0B post
Investors: Uber (strategic) (strategic), NVentures (NVIDIA) (strategic), Baillie Gifford
- Series D2021-11-02
$600M · $8.6B post
Investors: Tiger Global Management (lead), Google (strategic) (strategic), Kroger (strategic), Baillie Gifford, Fidelity, SoftBank Vision Fund
- Series C2020-11-09
$500M · $5.0B post
Investors: T. Rowe Price (lead), Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, SoftBank Vision Fund, Greylock Partners
- Series B2019-02-11
$940M
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (lead)
- Series A2018-01-30
$92M(reported)
Investors: Banyan Capital (co_lead), Greylock Partners (co_lead), Gaorong Capital
Regulatory filings (6)
- FMVSS temporary exemption (R2)other · us_nhtsagranted
- CA DMV Driverless Testing Permitother · otheractive
- CA DMV AV Deployment Permitother · otheractive
- CA-DMV-DEPLOY-NURO-2020other · othergranted2020-12-23
- Nuro-2020-02668other · us_nhtsagranted2020-02-11
- faa_actionfaa action · us_nhtsagranted2020-01-01
Linked models: Nuro Autonomous Prius
Patent estate (12)
- US10719805usptograntedassignee
- US11928638B2usptograntedgranted 2024-02-20assignee
- US11200613B2usptograntedgranted 2021-12-21assignee
- US9535421B1usptograntedgranted 2017-01-03assignee
- US20230095636A1usptopendingassignee
- US10719805B2usptograntedgranted 2020-08-11assignee
- US11372426B2usptograntedgranted 2022-06-28assignee
- US10328769B2usptograntedgranted 2019-06-25assignee
- US20190034857A1usptopendingassignee
- US10824862B2usptograntedgranted 2020-11-03assignee
- US20230176593A1usptopendingassignee
- US11222299B1usptograntedgranted 2022-01-11assignee
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Nuro R2 on a residential street
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Meet our newest-generation autonomous vehicle.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
About Nuro
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Nuro Driver on the Toyota Prius (Tokyo)
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Nuro R2 zero-occupant delivery vehicle
Sources (10)
- Nuro: Company website · https://www.nuro.ai
- Wikipedia: Nuro · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuro
- Why Nuro thinks being a robotaxi ‘second mover’ gives it an advantage · https://www.theverge.com/transportation/936126/nuro-robotaxi-dave-ferguson-interview-uber-lucid-waymo · 2026-05-24T14:21:00.000Z
- Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind · https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/waymo-dominates-texas-autonomous-vehicle-registrations-as-tesla-trails-behind/ · 2026-05-29T00:14:35.000Z
- https://www.nuro.ai/technology
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuro-expands-autonomous-technology-leadership-with-a-new-business-model-302244438.html
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuro-goes-fully-driverless-in-three-cities-advances-capabilities-of-the-nuro-driver-302309214.html
- https://www.therobotreport.com/nuro-brings-106m-bolster-licensing-driven-business-model/
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nuro-driver/
- https://www.automotivedive.com/news/nuro-plans-license-driver-av-autonomous-driving-technology-automotive-oems/727379/
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- NPI EngineerManufacturing
Mountain View, California (HQ)
- Shift Supervisor, On-Road Operations (Overnight)Operations
California - SF
- Shift Supervisor, On-Road OperationsOperations
California - SF
- Head of ProductBusiness
Mountain View, California (HQ)
- Chief of Staff, Nuro DriverBusiness
Mountain View, California (HQ)
- Head of Systems Engineering (Sr. Director)Engineering
Mountain View, California (HQ)
+4 more open roles tracked
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Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 3
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Nuro.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Nuro from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/nuro.md
- RSS feed: /companies/nuro/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/24cc7835-a940-4663-a48b-803f6e546dea
- Revision history: /companies/nuro/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
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Reality vs attention
Nuro draws attention at the 84th percentile but verifies reality at the 90th percentile among AVs. Hype Gap -6.6, 23rd widest among AVs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong deployment footprint with 7 operational sites across 11 countries. Safety profile within acceptable range for category.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 17, 2026