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Fireside Chat with Chris Urmson

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Join Aurora co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson in conversation with Foxglove CEO Adrian Macneil on bringing self-driving technology to market safely and at scale. They discuss decades of autonomous vehicle progress, from DARPA Challenges to commercial deployment. Featured at Actuate, Foxglove's annual robotics developer conference.

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Chris Urmson, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Aurora

Chris Urmson is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Aurora, and one of the foremost pioneers in the self-driving industry. With over two decades of experience advancing autonomous vehicle technology, Chris began his journey as Director of Technology for Carnegie Mellon's DARPA Grand and Urban Challenge teams. He later helped launch and lead Google's self-driving car project, now known as Waymo. In 2017, he co-founded Aurora alongside Drew Bagnell and Sterling Anderson to bring the benefits of self-driving technology to market safely, quickly, and broadly. Chris holds more than 60 patents, has authored over 50 publications, and earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and a BEng in Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba.

Adrian Macneil, Co-Founder & CEO, Foxglove

Adrian Macneil is the CEO and co-founder of Foxglove, a company dedicated to increasing the GDP of robotics through foundational tools and infrastructure. Foxglove's powerful visualization and data management accelerates robotics development from prototype to production. Prior to founding Foxglove, Adrian was the Director of Infrastructure Engineering at Cruise, where he helped scale from the first prototypes to hundreds of vehicles on the road.

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