Aurora Innovation, Inc.
A maker of self-driving technology, Aurora builds the Aurora Driver, a platform that turns trucks and cars into driverless vehicles. Its first commercial product, Aurora Driver for Freight, launched in Texas in 2025, hauling cargo for partners like Hirschbach and Uber Freight with no human in the cab. The company was founded in 2017 by three veterans of Google's self-driving car project, Tesla's Autopilot, and Uber's autonomous program, and its name comes from the dawn, symbolizing a new era in transportation.