Aurora is a public autonomous-vehicle technology company that develops self-driving systems for commercial long-haul trucking. Aurora's Twitter Score is 8.2 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #111,586 among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Aurora was co-founded by Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnell. Its flagship product, the Aurora Driver, is an SAE Level 4 self-driving system built for heavy-duty trucks operating on public roads. In May 2025, Aurora reported becoming the first company to run regular commercial driverless deliveries using heavy-duty trucks on public roads, with an initial route between Dallas and Houston. By July 2026, its commercial network had expanded to ten driverless routes across the U.S. Sun Belt, and the company announced a second generation of driverless trucks.
Aurora went public through a business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, with its Class A common stock beginning to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker AUR in November 2021, alongside a completed PIPE investment of $1 billion. Earlier, in January 2021, Aurora acquired the entirety of Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, with an acquisition-date fair value of consideration transferred of approximately $1.9 billion per its annual report. Its 2019 Series B financing exceeded $600 million and included participation from Hyundai Motor Group. In 2024, Aurora raised an additional $483 million from institutional investors.
Aurora counts Amazon, Uber, PACCAR, Volvo Group, Hyundai Motor Company, and Kia Corporation among its backers. Commercial launch customers include Uber Freight and Hirschbach Motor Lines, while pilot customers include FedEx, Werner Enterprises, and Schneider. Technology and manufacturing partners include NVIDIA, Continental, Volvo Trucks, Toyota, and Ryder. Aurora has 23,195 followers as of October 2026 on the platform and has published 1,575 posts. Aurora has been mentioned by 66 accounts, with 177 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Aurora include 23 founders, 9 angel investors, 6 influencers and 8 VCs. Among them are Andrew Chen, Antonio Garca Martnez agm.eth, Sequoia Capital, Gill Verdon, Greylock Partners and Goth.