---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828108-25-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AUR"
cik: "0001828108"
company_name: "Aurora Innovation, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T05:23:56.055500+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aurora begins driverless operations; Q1 cash burn $142M, below target; CPO resigns

## Summary
- Started driverless commercial deliveries on I-45 (Dallas-Houston) Apr 27; >4,000 driverless miles; tens of trucks by year-end.
- Q1 operating cash use $142M vs. communicated target; cash & short-term investments ~$1.2B, now funds ops into Q4 2026.
- Q1 op ex (ex-SBC) $177M: R&D $153M, SG&A $24M; expects quarterly cash burn $175-185M for rest of 2025.
- 95% of loads on launch software achieved 100% Autonomy Performance Indicator, exceeding 90% estimate.
- CPO & co-founder Sterling Anderson resigns as CPO June 1 and from board Aug 31, 2025; not due to disagreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828108-25-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AUR
- cik: 0001828108
- company_name: Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828108/000182810825000083/0001828108-25-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828108/000182810825000083/aur-20250506.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828108-25-000083
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828108-25-000083.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828108-25-000083.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sterling Anderson resigned as Chief Product Officer at Aurora Innovation, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Product Officer
  source text: On May 6, 2025, Sterling Anderson, Chief Product Officer and a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company, notified the Company of his decision to resign from his position as Chief Product Officer of the Company and its subsidiaries, effective June 1, 2025, and from the Board, effective August 31, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828108/000182810825000083/0001828108-25-000083-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sterling Anderson resigned as member of the board of directors at Aurora Innovation, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On May 6, 2025, Sterling Anderson, Chief Product Officer and a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company, notified the Company of his decision to resign from his position as Chief Product Officer of the Company and its subsidiaries, effective June 1, 2025, and from the Board, effective August 31, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828108/000182810825000083/0001828108-25-000083-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.