TechnologyOperationsCareersAbout

A better everyday through robotics.

Nuro has the potential to improve daily life for millions of people by delivering safer streets, a healthier planet, and more equitable access to goods.

Progress delivered.

Nuro Driver™ applied across 7 vehicle platforms.
1st

AV to receive NHTSA-approved exemption.

Six leading brands who are trusted partners.

1M

Autonomous miles driven with zero at-fault incidents.

Meet Nuro.

Take a deeper look inside Nuro—from the development and deployment of our vehicles and the autonomy that drives them, to the teams working on how to safely commercialize our service.


Intro
A deeper look at Nuro—our team, and the service we’re building.
Robots
Building a transformational autonomous goods-only service starts with an all-electric vehicle.
Autonomy
Learn more about the software that underpins our local delivery service.
Operations
How we connect our service to our customers.
Systems & Safety
Our rigorous testing and safety processes ensure our vehicles operate safely on road.
Page 1 of 5
Intro
A deeper look at Nuro—our team, and the service we’re building.

A team worth celebrating.

The quality of our team is Nuro’s proudest accomplishment to date—and we’re honored others have taken notice.

Our founders.

Jiajun Zhu
Co-Founder and CEO
Prior to founding Nuro, Jiajun was a principal software engineer at Google and one of the founding team members of the company’s self-driving program—now known as Waymo. In addition to leading the project’s perception team, he also helped build and lead their simulation efforts. Jiajun earned his Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Virginia and Fudan University respectively. Jiajun has been awarded over 100 patents.
Dave Ferguson
Co-Founder and President
Prior to founding Nuro, Dave was a principal engineer on Google’s self-driving program, now known as Waymo. He built and led the computer vision, machine learning, behavior prediction, and scene understanding teams. He also led the planning group for Carnegie Mellon University's team that won the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge in 2007. Dave holds an MS and PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon and a Bachelor’s in CS and Mathematics from the University of Otago. Dave holds over 100 patents and has published over 60 academic papers.
Jiajun Zhu
Co-Founder and CEO
Prior to founding Nuro, Jiajun was a principal software engineer at Google and one of the founding team members of the company’s self-driving program—now known as Waymo. In addition to leading the project’s perception team, he also helped build and lead their simulation efforts. Jiajun earned his Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Virginia and Fudan University respectively. Jiajun has been awarded over 100 patents.
Dave Ferguson
Co-Founder and President
Prior to founding Nuro, Dave was a principal engineer on Google’s self-driving program, now known as Waymo. He built and led the computer vision, machine learning, behavior prediction, and scene understanding teams. He also led the planning group for Carnegie Mellon University's team that won the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge in 2007. Dave holds an MS and PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon and a Bachelor’s in CS and Mathematics from the University of Otago. Dave holds over 100 patents and has published over 60 academic papers.

Our leadership team.

Andrew Chapin

Chief Operating Officer

Andrew Clare

Chief Technology Officer

Sarah Eno Henderson

VP, Brand, Marketing, & Communications

Albert Meixner

VP, Software

James Owens

Chief Legal Officer

Our investors.

Explore more.

Current Roles.
Careers
Meet: Marilyn.
Meet a Nuron
21B

Hours saved in travel time through delivery-focused autonomous vehicles.

Have questions?
FAQs
60%

Lower risk of a fatality or injury for every mile replaced by a zero-occupant vehicle, according to research by VTTI.

Narrow Work Zone
Nuro Driver™ Showcase

Want to build robots with us?

Work where robotics meets everyday life.

We harness the power of robotics to make everyday life a little easier. We’re starting with AV delivery. If improving lives through technology is what gets you out of bed in the morning, we want you on our team.