The co -founder of Aurora Sterling Anderson leaves the truck’s self -driving start

Steling Anderson, who is an old warrior in the emerging auto sector and co -founder of Aurora, is only one week after the company launched the commercial truck service in Texas.

Anderson held the position of senior officials in Urara. The resignation was Posted in an organizational file Along with the company’s first quarter profit report. His resignation will enter into force on June 1. The Board of Directors will leave August 31.

The company said in the deposit that his resignation from the Board of Directors “did not result from any dispute with the company related to any issue related to its operations, policies or practices. The company and the entire board of directors are very grateful to serve Mr. Anderson and his enormous contributions to the company over the years in its role in its role, the main product official and a member of the painting.”

Anderson cannot be accessed for comment.

Anderson was the director of the Tesla Outfillot program when Aurora left the participant in 2017 alongside CEO Chris Ormmson, former head of the Google Self-Driving project and Dero Bagnil, who was leading the Uber team of independence and perception. The trio, which is considered a pioneer for the independent auto industry, gave Ura an immediate uproar, which helped him attract high -level investors such as Sikoya CapitalAmazon, and T. Rowe Price Associats as well as a large number of partnerships.

I gained more cache in December 2020 when I reached an agreement with Uber to Buy a self -driving unit for horse riding In a complex deal, the company is comprehensive at $ 10 billion. Under the conditions of this acquisition, Aurora did not pay money against Uber, a company worth $ 7.25 billion after an investment of one billion dollars in 2019 from the Toyota, Denso and SoftBank Fund in the vision. Instead, Uber handed out his rights to ATG and invested $ 400 million in Aurora. Uber receives a 26 % stake in the company combined, according to the submission of a file with the US Securities and Exchange Committee.

Within four years, the company moved from the loud starting start to Public trading company Through a merger with the Special Opinion for Special Purposes, SPAC was launched for the company’s co -founder of the investor and investor Red Hoffman and the founder of Zynga Mark Pinkos and his administrative partner Michael Thompson.

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