Chris Urmson
CEO of self-driving technology company Aurora
CEO of self-driving technology company Aurora
Every podcast episode featuring Chris Urmson that Attunex has found: 57 interviews and appearances across 47 shows between 2014 and 2026. Most often on auto motor und sport Kongress 2019 (4), Smart Driving Cars Podcast (2) and On with Kara Swisher (2). Often in conversation with Kara Swisher. Follow Chris in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.
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Florida, Pennsylvania, California and Rwanda, 1995 to 2025. For a century the cost of moving a thing the last few miles was a person in a seat, and every attempt to lower that cost ran into the same…
Florida, Pennsylvania, California and Rwanda, 1995 to 2025. For a century the cost of moving a thing the last few miles was a person in a seat, and every attempt to lower that cost ran into the same…
Florida, Pennsylvania, California and Rwanda, 1995 to 2025. For a century the cost of moving a thing the last few miles was a person in a seat, and every attempt to lower that cost ran into the same…
Florida, Pennsylvania, California and Rwanda, 1995 to 2025. For a century the cost of moving a thing the last few miles was a person in a seat, and every attempt to lower that cost ran into the same…
What does “end-to-end” really mean for self-driving—and how do you make it safe? On the first episode of Unsupervised, Nuro’s Dave Ferguson and Aurora’s Chris Urmson look past the labels and into one…
1939 年的纽约世博会上，人们排队走进一座未来城市。展馆里的汽车不需要司机，离场时，每个人还会领到一枚徽章，上面写着：我见过未来。 八十七年后，这个未来似乎到来了，又没有完全到来。今天，在旧金山、洛杉矶、武汉等城市，你真的可以叫到一辆没有司机的车。但它来得比所有人想象中更慢，也没有像当年的预言一样，一夜之间改变世界。 这个未来为什么来得这么晚？为什么无人驾驶至今依然无法取代人类司机？…
Self-driving has been "almost here" for over a decade. But somewhere between DARPA challenges and a handful of driverless trucks hauling freight between Dallas and Houston, Aurora co-founder and CEO…
It's episode 411 of Smart Driving Cars with Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin. In this edition, Aurora's Chris Urmson fields questions at the MIT Mobility Forum, AMI's Yann LeCun…
How a secret project at Google led to driverless cars on American roads. Freakonomics Radio shares a story from our friends at Search Engine. (Part one of a two-part series.) SOURCES: Alex Davies,…
CEO Chris Urmson called it a “superhuman” moment, adding that Aurora’s trucks can now carry freight 1,000 miles in 15 hours — faster than what a human driver can legally accomplish. Learn more about…
Kara talks with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe at a tense time for electric vehicles: domestic sales have cooled, federal EV tax credits are gone, and tariffs are raising costs across supply…
Kara sits down with Chris Urmson, CEO and co-founder of the autonomous trucking company Aurora, and Johnathon Ehsani, a professor of public health at Johns Hopkins University and leading road safety…
The driverless car race is well underway. While Waymo is seen as having a leadership position, Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is aiming for robotaxi debuts likely in 2026. Thus far, the race to bring…
Chris Urmson is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora, a company trying to bring autonomous driving to commercial trucking.Chris led a team at the 2004 DARPA challenge that launched the autonomous vehicle…
Chris Urmson is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora, a company trying to bring autonomous driving to commercial trucking. Chris led a team at the 2004 DARPA challenge that launched the autonomous…
Six leaders from across tech — from SaaS and semis to law and logistics — come together for our 250th episode milestone in this very special AI recap, where we unpack how new advances are…
Chris Urmson has spent the last 20 years pushing the limits of autonomous driving—first at Carnegie Mellon’s DARPA Grand Challenge team, then as co-founder of Google’s self-driving car project, now…
In this SPACInsider Podcast Replay, we go back to 2021, when we spoke with Chris Urmson, CEO and Chairman of autonomous truck technology firm Aurora (NASDAQ:AUR). At the time, Aurora was working to…
Kara and Scott discuss Kamala Harris's big media blitz, and the podcast (aside from Pivot) that she should really appear on. Then, Elon Musk leapt into the air at Donald Trump's weekend rally in…
Generative AI is making it possible to not only remove the human from the driver seat, but, in the world of trucking and freight, from the vehicle entirely. This week on Generative Now, Lightspeed…
我们的节目正在推出新系列 【从蒸汽机到无人驾驶】 ，今天是第4集。因为，在我自己学习自动驾驶的过程中觉得，这个行业的知识壁垒很高、信息不对称也很严重。所以邀请孟醒来做一个 自动驾驶的深度科普 。 之前的节目介绍过，自动驾驶分成两条线索：1、以特斯拉为代表的辅助驾驶路线；2、以Waymo为代表的全无人驾驶路线。围绕路线之争，这个行业吵了10年。…
Today, most autonomous trucking companies in the U.S. are operating in Texas, and several have announced they will start running driverless routes in the state by the end of 2024. In this PAVECast,…
Our big interview with Aurora Innovations CEO Chris Urmson ($AUR). Also Cadence Design Systems ($CDNS) still suffering from Covid? Cisco Systems ($CSCO) gave us a tell about a challenging quarter,…
Sterling Anderson , Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Aurora joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the founding of Aurora, the economics of the Aurora business model why…
Trucks transport almost every object, yet the industry has many pain points. Aurora’s CEO Chris Urmson talks solutions. In the US alone, 80 per cent of freight is transported by trucks. Without them…
Bloomberg’s Thomas Black joins this episode to talk about the progress being made in developing autonomous trucks—including the 18-wheelers that deliver goods across the US. Three companies are now…
Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to Chris Urmson, CEO of the self-driving truck company Aurora. They discuss new legislation in California that could help or hinder a driverless future, whether…
Chris Urmson is one of the founding fathers of the autonomous vehicle industry. He participated in three DARPA self-driving vehicle challenges before joining the team that launched Google’s…
Chris Urmson is one of the founding fathers of the autonomous vehicle industry. He participated in three DARPA self-driving vehicle challenges before joining the team that launched Google’s…
Tesla’s self-driving ambitions (and the company’s recent recall) may dominate the conversation when it comes to autonomous driving, but they’re not the only players in the space. This week, Kara’s…
Autonomous trucking generates a lot of headlines. It isn’t a viable business yet. And a shakeout of players continues. Chris Urmson, truly part of the old guard in autonomy and the co-founder and CEO…
Autonomous trucking generates a lot of headlines. It isn’t a viable business yet. And a shakeout of players continues. Chris Urmson, truly part of the old guard in autonomy and the co-founder and CEO…
Currently, 75% of the US and 62% of the UK drive to work*. Now imagine if that commute looked more like a relaxing session in a first-class airport lounge than a dull and stressful experience in a…
Host Emily Chang breaks down the latest in Elon Musk's restructuring of Twitter, while brands consider pausing advertising. Plus, Aurora CEO Chris Urmson joins to talk about the regulatory challenges…
To complete an audacious journey, you need to set short, achievable goals — or waypoints — to avoid getting wildly lost. But waypoints also need to be flexible because when you're knocked off track,…
Fully autonomous vehicles are closer to commonplace than you might expect, as cars and big rigs gain the ability to operate safely on our streets and highways. As one of the pioneers in the field,…
Autonomous driving is among the most exciting applications for artificial intelligence. It is also among the most challenging to actually pull off: from the capital-intensive combination of hardware…
In the realm of modern technology, it doesn’t get more exciting than self-driving vehicles. Aurora is the only successful independent company in this business. The team has remained focused on…
Aurora CEO Chris Urmson and Reinvent's (RTPY) Michael Thompson join David Drapkin to talk self-driving technology, why Aurora is setup for success, and the overall SPAC market. Aurora / Reinvent just…
美国无人车市场正在形成五大巨头，他们是Waymo、Cruise+通用汽车、Argo AI+福特+大众、Aurora+Uber+丰田，亚马逊+Zoox。 如果追溯美国无人驾驶人才的流向，他们均来自于一场2004年开始的比赛——DARPA挑战赛。 这期，我们就来聊聊这个比赛如何成为自动驾驶的黄埔军校，催生了一个行业的繁荣。 --------------- 【主播】 泓君，《硅谷101》主持人…
美国无人车市场正在形成五大巨头，他们是Waymo、Cruise+通用汽车、Argo AI+福特+大众、Aurora+Uber+丰田，亚马逊+Zoox。 如果追溯美国无人驾驶人才的流向，他们均来自于一场2004年开始的比赛——DARPA挑战赛。 这期，我们就来聊聊这个比赛如何成为自动驾驶的黄埔军校，催生了一个行业的繁荣。 【主播】 泓君，《硅谷101》主持人 【嘉宾】 齐蕾，前上汽资本硅谷投资总监…
Chris Urmson has had to take a different approach in building his company Aurora, which develops self-driving technology. As opposed to creating and iterating a product with a handful of people, and…
Chris Urmson has had to take a different approach in building his company Aurora, which develops self-driving technology. As opposed to creating and iterating a product with a handful of people, and…
In episode 18 of The Robot Brains Podcast our host Pieter Abbeel meets Chris Urmson. Chris is one of the world-leading pioneers in self-driving. He led the Google self-driving project for several…
CNBC’s Mike Santoli joins our anchors this morning to outline where there may be fragility in the tech stock rally ahead of earnings. Then, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin is here with the stories on Netflix’s…
Chris Urmson the CEO of Aurora, a leading self-driving company, joins Jason to recount the history of autonomous vehicles (1:06), the roadmap for removing human drivers (16:47), what technology…
Chris Urmson , co-founder and CEO of the self-driving technology startup Aurora, joins Azeem Azhar to explore the state-of-play of self-driving technology, the criticisms the tech must address, and…
Aurora CEO Chris Urmson delves into details on the engineering ‘horsepower’ provided by the groundbreaking acquisition, why he favors a trucking-first approach to autonomy and the versatility of the…
With Aurora taking over Uber's self driving efforts, what is on the horizon for the start up whose leaders have roots at Waymo, Tesla and Uber? Co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson joins Princeton's Alain…
State lawmakers are introducing a bill that would give public schools a deadline for reopening campuses. The effort comes amid rising concern about the effects of distance learning on children.…
The United Kingdom has administered the coronavirus vaccine to its first recipient just 10 months after Covid-19 took hold around the globe. Shopify is making projections for the 2021 shopping…
Fifteen years into his career in the self-driving-vehicle industry, Chris Urmson has assembled a team of his own. His vision? To make our roads safer by building the world's driver. With a PhD from…
Chris Urmson ist der ehemalige Chefentwickler bei Google Cars. Vor drei Jahren hat er sich mit seinem Unternehmen Aurora Innovations selbstständig gemacht, dass mittlerweile einen Börsenwert von zwei…
Learn about the latest thinking for autonomous driving technology from Aurora CEO Chris Urmson, who led Google's self-driving car program. This former Carnegie Mellon professor also tells us about…
#109 - Today, I suggest that if cities embrace Uber, then they will embrace AVs; I rip apart the ridiculous article suggesting that sidewalks will become cages to protect humans from AVs (and…
Chris Urmson was the CTO of the Google Self-Driving Car team, a key engineer and leader behind the Carnegie Mellon autonomous vehicle entries in the DARPA grand challenges and the winner of the DARPA…
Greg Rogers sat down with Chris Urmson, CEO and Co-Founder of Aurora, at AVS 2019 for a wide-ranging discussion on the evolution of the AV industry, the importance of public education, and the…
In this episode April Glaser talks to Chris Urmson, CEO of Aurora, a company that builds the technology for self-driving cars. Urmson offers a timeline for when we might see autonomous vehicles on…
In this episode April Glaser talks to Chris Urmson, CEO of Aurora, a company that builds the technology for self-driving cars. Urmson offers a timeline for when we might see autonomous vehicles on…
Aurora CEO Chris Urmson stops by to discuss the future of self-driving cars with The Verge's Nilay Patel and Andrew Hawkins. They explore how the industry has evolved over the years, and how long it…
Aurora is the most important self-driving car company you've never heard of. And its CEO, Chris Urmson, was building and racing vehicles long before Uber, Lyft, or Waymo were on the scene.
Welche Mobilitätskonzepte sind überhaupt sinnvoll? Angetrieben von dieser Frage holte auto motor und sport Digital-Chefredakteur Jochen Knecht den Conti-Chef Elmar Degenhart, Aurora Gründer Chris…
Chris Urmson ist der ehemalige Chefentwickler bei Google Cars. Vor zwei Jahren hat er sich mit seinem Unternehmen Aurora Innovations selbstständig gemacht, das mittlerweile einen Börsenwert von zwei…
Welche Mobilitätskonzepte sind überhaupt sinnvoll? Angetrieben von dieser Frage holte auto motor und sport Digital-Chefredakteur Jochen Knecht den Conti-Chef Elmar Degenhart, Aurora Gründer Chris…
Chris Urmson ist der ehemalige Chefentwickler bei Google Cars. Vor zwei Jahren hat er sich mit seinem Unternehmen Aurora Innovations selbstständig gemacht, das mittlerweile einen Börsenwert von zwei…
Throughout history, technology has enabled transportation to meet the shifting demands of society. Advancement in AI and ML technology is helping the industry get one step close towards an automated…
Chris Urmson, the CEO of Aurora and former CTO of self-driving cars at Google, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about when autonomous vehicles will replace human-driven ones. Urmson, who started…
Jack Stewart meets the engineers who are building vehicles that drive themselves. He has a ride in Google's driverless car, which has no steering wheel and no pedals. Google's Chris Urmson explains…
Most traffic accidents are caused by human error. Engineers are designing vehicles with built in sensors that send messages to other cars, trucks, bikes and even pedestrians, to prevent collisions…