Shares of Aurora Innovation jumped more than 30% Tuesday morning after the self-driving software company announced a partnership with tech giant Nvidia and manufacturer Continental to develop self-driving trucks.

Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA announced a strategic partnership to deploy driverless trucks at scale, powered by the next-gen NVIDIA DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chip.

Aurora Innovation's shares rose 35% on Tuesday after the self-driving technology developer announced a long-term deal with Nvidia and Germany's Continental to deploy driverless trucks. Uber-backed Aurora's stock has nearly doubled in the past 12 months,

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