Jiajun Zhu

Founder of Nuro

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Jiajun Zhu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nuro, a robotics company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for expertise in computer vision and artificial intelligence. With a background as a Principal Software Engineer at Google and experience at Intel and Microsoft Research Asia, Zhu has demonstrated strong technical leadership and expertise in developing innovative technologies. Zhu's career highlights include co-founding Nuro, a prominent robotics company, and serving as a Principal Software Engineer at Google, showcasing a deep understanding of computer science, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and software engineering.

Work Experience

Nuro

Co-Founder and CEO
2016 - Current
Nuro is a leading autonomous vehicle company. Our mission is to better everyday life through robotics.

Nuro develops and operates a fleet of electric and autonomous vehicles.

Raised $2,132,148,855.00 from Invest City Capital.

nuro.ai

Google

Principal Software Engineer
2008 - 2016
I was one of the founding team members of the Google self-driving car project, and led its perception team and simulation team. Before that, I led several large scale 3D computer vision projects at Google maps (Street View).

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

google.com