Nuro on Tuesday named Michael Mancini as its new Chief Financial Officer — ending a roughly 32-month vacancy in the senior finance role that has spanned the autonomous driving startup’s most consequential commercial period. The appointment fills a seat that has been empty since Abi Viswanathan stepped down as Chief Financial Officer in September 2023, after holding the role for one year and nine months. Viswanathan briefly served as an advisor to Nuro on a part-time basis through December 2023 before leaving the company entirely — according to the executive’s LinkedIn profile. Mancini joins Nuro as the SoftBank-backed autonomous driving company prepares for the planned commercial launch of its robotaxi service with Lucid Motors and Uber in the San Francisco Bay Area later this year. The timeline has been maintained by Lucid, Uber, and Nuro management since the partnership was originally announced in July 2025. The 32-month CFO vacancy included the July 2025 Lucid-Uber partnership signing, last month’s expansion of Uber’s commitment to at least 35,000 vehicles, the announced German expansion, and the preparation for the late-2026 commercial launch. The New CFO Mancini joins Nuro with extensive senior finance experience across capital-intensive technology companies and a self-described “hard-tech CFO” profile. Most recently, Mancini served as Chief Financial Officer at Energy Recovery, Inc. from August 2024 until joining Nuro— a tenure of approximately one year and ten months at the Bay Area energy technology company. Before Energy Recovery, Mancini served as CFO at Astranis Space Technologies from January 2020 to April 2024 — a four-year, four-month tenure at the San Francisco-based satellite communications company. His longest tenure was at Aerion Supersonic, where he spent four years and five months across three progressive roles: VP of Finance (September 2015 to December 2016), Senior Vice President of Finance (January 2017 to December 2017),