Nuro

Autonomy for all. All roads, all rides.

Mobility 📍 Mountain View, California Founded 2016

Current Valuation

$3.8B

as of 2025-Q3

UNICORN

Nuro is an AI-first autonomous vehicle technology company that develops Level 4 self-driving systems. Founded in 2016 by former Google Waymo engineers, Nuro initially focused on autonomous delivery vehicles but pivoted in 2024 to license its Nuro Driver platform to automotive OEMs and mobility providers. The company has achieved over 1.7 million autonomous miles with zero at-fault incidents and is partnering with Lucid and Uber to deploy a global robotaxi fleet starting in 2026.

Company Profile

CEO

Jiajun Zhu

Founded

2016

Mountain View, California

Employees

501-1000

Total Raised

$2.3B

Growth

Down round from $8.6B peak valuation (2021) to $6B (2025); pivoting from delivery to licensing autonomous technology to OEMs and mobility providers

Last Round

Series E — $203M (Aug 2025)

IPO Status

Private

Founders & Key People

Jiajun ZhuDave Ferguson

Investors

Uber · NVIDIA · Baillie Gifford · Fidelity Management & Research Company · Tiger Global Management · Greylock Partners · T. Rowe Price Associates · SoftBank Group · Gaorong Capital · Icehouse Ventures · Kindred Ventures · Pledge Ventures · XN · Woven Capital (Toyota) · Google · KraneShares Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Chipotle

Products

Nuro Driver (L4 autonomous driving platform)
R3 autonomous delivery vehicle
Lucid-Uber Global Robotaxi
Nuro Toolkit
OEM licensing platform
LAMBDA AI foundation model

Competitors

Waymo · Cruise · Zoox · Aurora · Mobileye · Wayve · WeRide

Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsArtificial IntelligenceRobotaxiDeliveryLevel 4 AutonomyMachine LearningComputer VisionOEM LicensingMobility Technology