Sterling Anderson, a veteran of the nascent autonomous car sector and co-founder of Aurora, is resigning only a week after the corporate launched its industrial self-driving truck service in Texas.
Anderson held the chief product officer place at Aurora. The resignation was posted in a regulatory filing together with the corporate’s first-quarter earnings report. His resignation will go into impact June 1. He’ll depart the board August 31.
Anderson left as head of Tesla’s Autopilot program and based Aurora in 2017 alongside CEO Chris Urmson, the previous head of the Google self-driving venture, and Drew Bagnell, who was the previous head of Uber’s autonomy and notion workforce. The trio, thought of pioneers of the autonomous car trade, gave Aurora fast buzz, serving to it entice high-profile buyers like Sequoia Capital, Amazon, and T. Rowe Value Associates.
The corporate stated within the submitting that his resignation from the board “didn’t outcome from any disagreement with the Firm regarding any matter regarding its operations, insurance policies, or practices. The Firm and the complete Board are deeply grateful for Mr. Anderson’s service and his immense contributions to the Firm through the years in his function as founder, Chief Product Officer and a member of the Board.”
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