# Who does Aurora Innovation pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/aurora · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-07-12T04:14:19.1061+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Aurora Innovation's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include NVIDIA, Hesai, PACCAR (자율주행 트럭 플랫폼) plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 4 cost edges, backed by 4 dated sources, 2 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### AUMOVIO (구 컨티넨탈) (high)
- note: Exclusive Hardware-as-a-Service partner: Aurora pays AUMOVIO (spun out of Continental) per mile for next-generation Aurora Driver hardware, under a strategic agreement running to March 2031; third-gen hardware from 2027.
- [confirms] U.S. SEC (EN, filing, published 2026-02-13) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828108/000182810826000016/aur-20251231.htm: "Aurora pays AUMOVIO per mile for future-generation Aurora Driver hardware; term to March 31, 2031."
- [confirms] Aurora (EN, filing, published 2025-01-15) https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/112/aurora-continental-and-nvidia-partner-to-deploy-driverless-trucks-at-scale: "Mass-production hardware with Continental for 2027."

### NVIDIA (high)  → /nvidia.md
- note: Integrates NVIDIA DRIVE Thor and DriveOS as Aurora Driver's autonomy compute — depending on NVIDIA's platform for perception and planning; compute performance, power and cost are key variables in the 2027 production hardware's competitiveness.
- [confirms] Transport Topics (EN, news, published 2025-08-01) https://www.ttnews.com/articles/aurora-earnings-q2-2025: "Integrates NVIDIA DRIVE Thor and DriveOS into the Aurora Driver."
- [confirms] Aurora (EN, filing, published 2025-01-15) https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/112/aurora-continental-and-nvidia-partner-to-deploy-driverless-trucks-at-scale: "Integrates NVIDIA DRIVE Thor and DriveOS into the Aurora Driver."

### Hesai (mid)  → /hesai.md
- note: Sources lidar — the eyes of driverless perception — from Hesai, a dependency on the core sensing component; lidar cost and performance drive both the safety margin and per-unit cost of driverless transport.
- [confirms] CnEVPost (EN, research, published 2025-09-15) https://cnevpost.com/2025/09/15/hesai-40-million-order-from-us-robotaxi-firm/: "Sources lidar as driverless-truck sensors."

### PACCAR (자율주행 트럭 플랫폼) (mid)  → /paccar.md
- note: Aurora sources and co-develops PACCAR Peterbilt 579 and Kenworth T680 platforms for driverless integration (2021 strategic partnership).
- [confirms] U.S. SEC (EN, filing, published 2026-02-13) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828108/000182810826000016/aur-20251231.htm: "Aurora partners with PACCAR to build driverless trucks on the Peterbilt 579 and Kenworth T680 (Aurora 10-K)."

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