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Nuro company history timeline

2016

Nuro was founded in June 2016 by former Google engineers Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu.

When Nuro launched in 2016, its payroll consisted of a tiny team of researchers and developers.

2018

In January 2018, Nuro revealed its first product to the public.

Nuro partnered in 2018 with Kroger to pilot a delivery service in Arizona.

2019

But it was the monster $940 million investment made by the SoftBank Vision Fund in February 2019 that catapulted Nuro ahead of numerous other startups attempting to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology.

In 2019, Nuro partnered up with Domino’s for a pizza delivery pilot in Houston.

2020

Nuro’s second-generation self-driving vehicle was unveiled in February 2020.

In May 2020, Nuro joined forces with CVS. The partnership marked Nuro’s introduction to healthcare.

2021

According to CrunchBase, Nuro has so far managed to raise a total of $1.5 billion in funding over 5 rounds. Its latest round closed in March 2021.

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