Layoff
Nuro conducted multiple rounds of layoffs, including cuts reported as approximately 20% and later 30% of the workforce, amid cost pressure and a difficult funding environment.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Overview
Nuro is a privately held autonomous-driving and physical-AI company founded by former Waymo engineers. It develops the Nuro Driver™, a universal autonomy platform combining AI software with automotive-grade hardware, and has pivoted from operating its own low-speed delivery fleet to licensing autonomy technology to automakers, mobility platforms, and commercial fleets.
Primary product
Nuro Driver™ / Universal Autonomy Platform: an AI-first SAE Level 4 autonomous-driving system intended for robotaxis, logistics fleets, and personally owned vehicles.
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Team size
Approximately 500–1,000; about 700 reported in August 2025
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Autonomous vehicles / software development
Sub-industry
AI robotics, self-driving technology, mobility and automotive software
Offices
Mountain View, California (headquarters)
Toronto, Canada (engineering office)
San Francisco, California
Washington, D.C. (policy office)
Southern Nevada (build and validation / testing)
Business model
Technology licensing to automakers and mobility platforms
Driver-as-a-Service (DaaS) partnerships
Autonomy software and hardware integration for commercial fleets
Funding
Stage
Late-stage private company; Series E
Total raised
$2.3B
Latest round
Series E · Aug 2025
Latest amount
$203M
Aug 2025
Apr 2025 · T. Rowe Price Associates
People & investors
Leadership
Jiajun Zhu
Co-founder and Co-CEO
Dave Ferguson
Co-founder and Co-CEO / President
Mike Mancini
Chief Financial Officer
David Salguero
Chief Communications / Communications leader
Robert Kim
Head of Autonomous Vehicle Hardware Engineering
Work & culture
Nuro emphasizes engineering rigor, safety, inclusion and continuous improvement. Its stated values are “Earn it,” “1% better every day,” “Find a way,” “Act now,” and “One team.” The company also describes diversity, inclusion and belonging initiatives and early-career pathways including community-college AV and EV training partnerships.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public job postings show role- and location-dependent base salary bands; one ML-infrastructure posting listed approximately $160,360–$240,540 base pay plus annual performance bonus, equity and benefits. No company-wide compensation table was found.
Benefits
401(k)
Restricted stock units / equity
Flexible paid time off
Parental leave
Fertility benefits
Healthcare insurance
Behavioral-wellbeing support
Paid holidays
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be negotiated enterprise licensing / partnership economics rather than consumer pricing.
Differentiators
- —Universal, vehicle-agnostic autonomy platform
- —Integrated AI software and automotive-grade hardware
- —SAE Level 4 deployment and testing experience
- —Partner-led, capital-efficient licensing model
- —Designed for multiple use cases including robotaxis, logistics and personal vehicles
- —Nuro Toolkit and development infrastructure for partners
Technology
Nuro Driver autonomous-driving stack
AI and machine learning
Computer vision, perception, prediction and planning
NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA Drive AGX Thor
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Unavailable from reliable public financial disclosures; third-party estimates report approximately $750 million annually, but this is unverified and should be treated cautiously.
Signals & risks
Other
Jan 2024The company stopped pursuing ownership and operation of its own low-speed delivery-robot fleet and shifted toward licensing its autonomy technology to OEMs and mobility providers.
SourceOther
Apr 2025Series E valuation of $6 billion was below the $8.6 billion valuation associated with the 2021 Series D, indicating a material valuation reset.
Latest news
Reuters · Jun 2026
Reuters reported that Uber’s total commitment to Nuro is close to $500 million, connected to a planned Nuro-Lucid-Uber robotaxi program targeting 35,000 vehicles over time.
TechCrunch · May 2026
California authorized driverless public-road testing of Nuro-equipped Lucid Gravity SUVs; further permits remain necessary for paid driverless rides.
Automotive World · Feb 2026
Coverage described Nuro’s shift to a DaaS/licensing model, the Uber-Lucid partnership, and an expected initial Bay Area robotaxi deployment in late 2026.
Nuro · Aug 2025
Nuro announced the completed $203 million Series E financing to support AI-first autonomy and commercial partnerships.
Open Positions
102 jobs at Nuro
Human Resources Business Partner, Operations
On-site
HR
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