Self-driving car startup Aurora has acquired lidar company Blackmore, which has raised $21.5M; sources: GM's Cruise was looking at acquiring Blackmore last year (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Self-driving car startup Aurora has acquired lidar company Blackmore, which has raised $21.5M; sources: GM's Cruise was looking at acquiring Blackmore last year  —  Aurora, the self-driving car startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, is in an acquiring mood.