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  • Fresh off a $530M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore

    Fresh off a $530M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore

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    Aurora, the self-driving Automobile startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, is in an acquiring mood. The company, founded in early 2017 by Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson and Drew Bagnell, announced Thursday that it acquired lidar company Blackmore. The Blackmore purchase follows a second smaller, and previously unknown, acquisition of 7D Labs that occurred earlier…