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Chris Urmson
Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Aurora; previously CTO of the Google self-driving project and technical director of CMU's DARPA Grand/Urban Challenge teams. PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon.
Canadian · 1 current role · 1 founding
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0a18ae3e-036a-407b-a6dc-5e5590dadc52Current roles (1)
- Aurora Innovation Co-founder, CEO & ChairmanSecondary-verified
Foundings (1)
- Aurora Innovationfounded 2017-01-01cofounder
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Co-founders (2)
- Drew Bagnell co-founded Aurora Innovation2017-01-01
- Sterling Anderson co-founded Aurora Innovation2017-01-01
Board seats (1)
- Aurora Innovation chair
Former / Previously (1)
- Waymo CTO (Google self-driving project)Secondary-verified
Education (2)
- Carnegie Mellon University PhD, Robotics
- University of Manitoba BSc, Computer Engineering
Sources (1)
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