The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Uber ATG: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, 1 active incident. 1 source back the record.
CategoryRobotaxis
Overview
Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) was Uber's autonomous vehicle R&D division, established in 2015 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. ATG developed self-driving technology using Volvo XC90 platforms and operated test fleets in Pittsburgh, Tempe, San Francisco, and Toronto. In March 2018, an ATG test vehicle struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona — the first pedestrian fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle. ATG was acquired by Aurora Innovation in December 2020 for approximately $4 billion.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAcquisitionAcquired by Aurora Innovation
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Uber ATG has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
Most recent
Uber ATG on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Uber ATG's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Safety record
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 Uber ATG (1)
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 (1)
- Uber ATG2 deployments
Recent coverage
Uber ATG in third-party press
Peer companies
Mentioned on (12)
Registry pages whose text names Uber ATG.
People (7)
Drew Bagnell, Brett Browning, Andrew Smith, Peter Rander, Don Burnette, Raquel Urtasun, Collin Otis
Financial state
- Employees
- 1,200
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- 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
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Uber ATG has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Aurora Innovationfull acquisition2021-01-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Uber ATG’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Acquired byAcquired
2021-01-01Acquired
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Uber ATG Self-Driving Vehicle (Volvo XC90) at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Uber ATG Self-Driving Vehicle (Volvo XC90) at Germany, Europe
- Incident recordedMar 18, 2018
Uber ATG self-driving test vehicle struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe,...
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Uber ATG.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Uber ATG from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Uber shifts strategy and invests over $10 billion in autonomous vehicles
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber everywhere, all at once
Uber scales robotaxi strategy with $1.25bn Rivian deal
Buyer of Uber's Self-Driving Business Targets Autonomous Trucks
Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber
Waabi raises $1 billion: 25,000 robotaxis planned for Uber
At CES 2025, Uber teams up with Nvidia to scale autonomous driving faster
Driving autonomous forward
NTSB Investigation Into Deadly Uber Self-Driving Car Crash Reveals Lax Attitude Toward Safety
Uber, After Years of Trying, Is Handing Off Its Self-Driving Car Project (Published 2020)
Uber sells self-driving unit to Aurora, ending a tumultuous era
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/uber-atg.md
- RSS feed: /companies/uber-atg/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/a69621a1-c096-447f-a676-d74993d3582c
- Revision history: /companies/uber-atg/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Tesla robot spotted driving the new Cybertruck for Uber… times must really be tough.
In this talk, Sidney Zhang from Uber talks about how Uber ATG uses PyTorch, and specific features including TorchScript, to develop and deploy cutting-edge deep
Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) and Motional have announced the launch of their public robo taxi service in Las Vegas, NV. For the first time ever, Uber customer
Deactivated by a Gig company? https://www.rideshareprofessor.com Have you been Deactivated by Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Uber Eats, Shipt, Grubhub, Amazon Flex? L
Uber Technologies Inc. sold its self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation Inc. and took a stake in the startup, pulling back from its vision for a fleet of
Event: Research & Careers in AI Speaker: Raquel Urtasun Title: A Future with Self-Driving Vehicles Affiliation: Uber ATG On November 5, 2020, speakers from le
Industry guest speaker at the SLXCA 2019 conference with the Chief Scientist and Head of UBER's Advanced Technology Group, Dr. Raquel Urtasun, with her presenta
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Uber ATG draws attention at the 55th percentile but verifies reality at the 14th percentile among AVs. Hype Gap +40.3, 5th widest among AVs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Oct 17, 2026