NEW YORK/TOKYO -- SoftBank Group is investing $940 million in driverless-delivery startup Nuro through its $100 billion Vision Fund under plans announced Monday by the Mountain View, California-based company, valuing it at $2.7 billion.
The announcement came only months after Nuro launched an unmanned delivery service for the public with Kroger, a grocery seller dating back to 1883. Privately held Nuro was founded in 2016 by two alumni of Google's self-driving team, now Waymo.
