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Chris Urmson
Published ByChris Urmson
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October 8, 2026
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Driving the Inflection

Great technologies spend decades looking impossible. Then, suddenly, they look inevitable. Autonomous trucking has reached that moment.

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Transformative technologies develop for years before they reach a decisive commercial inflection point. The car, the shipping container, and the internet each spent two decades or more in quiet incubation before they suddenly seemed inevitable. At our 2026 Analyst & Investor Day in Dallas, we made the case that autonomous trucking, and Aurora, have arrived at that moment.

We're no longer building toward a driverless product. We're operating one, hauling freight for customers on public roads every day. Since commercial launch, we've driven more than 500,000 driverless miles and set a vision for more than 30,000 Aurora Driver-powered trucks on the road in 2030.

Rather than recap the whole day here, I'd encourage you to watch it. You'll hear from Ossa Fisher on our accelerating commercial flywheel, Sandor Barna on our multi-platform path to scale, and David Maday on our path to scaled economics. You'll also hear directly from the customers and partners making this real, including Detmar Logistics, McLane, Werner, AUMOVIO, PACCAR, Roush, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Apollo Insurance.

2026 Analyst & Investor Day Keynote

Thank you to the customers, partners, and investors who joined us in Dallas and online.

Chris

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This article contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws. All statements contained in this article that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: those statements around our driverless operations; our ability to achieve certain milestones around, and realize the potential benefits of, the development, manufacturing, scaling, and general expectations in future periods (including our ability to conduct driverless operations and our expectations regarding future financial and operating results, including expected fleet size), and commercialization of the Aurora Driver and related services, on the timeframe we expect or at all. These statements are based on management’s current assumptions and are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual performance or achievements to be materially different from any future performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. For factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this article, please see the risks and uncertainties identified under the heading “Risk Factors” section of Aurora Innovation, Inc.’s (“Aurora”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 11, 2026, and other documents filed by Aurora from time to time with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements reflect our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this article. Aurora undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances, except as required by law.

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