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Uber sells self-driving unit to Aurora for $10 billion; gets 2 board seats

The price tag is a comedown for Uber, whose self-driving division, Advanced Technologies Group, raised money last year at a $7.25 billion valuation

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By adding Uber’s self-driving car unit, Aurora will gain hundreds of engineers and access to one of the world’s largest ride-hailing networks

Lizette Chapman and Dana Hull | Bloomberg
Uber Technologies sold its self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation and took a stake in the startup, a move that represents a diminishing of ambition for Uber, which once promised a fleet of self-driving taxis, and is now focused on turning a quarterly profit in 2021 after the pandemic crushed revenue.

The deal will value Aurora at $10 billion, according to people familiar with the talks who asked not to be identified discussing private information. In exchange for investing $400 million in Aurora, Uber will get a 26 per cent ownership stake in the company. That number increases to