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GM has hired Sterling Anderson, the former director of Tesla’s Autopilot program and a co-founder of autonomous startup Aurora, as chief product officer overseeing all vehicle development.

Anderson, who was previously the director of Tesla's Autopilot, co-founded Aurora in 2017 and attracted the attention of major investors such as Sequoia Capital, Amazon, and T Rowe Price.

Sterling Anderson, who worked at Tesla for two years before forming Aurora in 2017, will start with the Detroit automaker on June 2. The 2026 Cadillac Vistiq at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show.

Sterling Anderson led Tesla's Model X and Autopilot programs before starting Aurora, a company that earlier this month launched the nation's first driverless, long-haul trucking service. Now, he's ...