Mission statement, stats row, founder quote, and a milestone timeline.
Aurora started with a simple frustration: the tools teams relied on every day demanded more attention than the work itself. We build the opposite.
“We don’t ship features to win demos. We ship them so a designer in Lagos or a PM in Porto ends the day a little less tired.”
Aurora begins as a side project — a faster way to ship internal dashboards without fighting the front end.
A $4.5M seed led by Meridian Ventures turns the prototype into a product — and a team of nine.
A rebuilt editor, live theming, and multiplayer editing bring in the first 1,000 paying teams.
$32M to go deeper on the platform, open the Lisbon hub, and keep the free tier generous.
Aurora powers products at startups and public companies in 60 countries.
Install with the CLI, or add the packages and paste the source below.
Add About to your app with its source-owned dependencies.
npx cronus-ui add about
Install the Cronus UI packages, then paste the block below.
Copy the source for Story. Every class is a semantic token, so it re-themes with your app.
import {Avatar,AvatarFallback,Badge,Card,CardContent,} from "@cronus-ui/ui";import { Quote } from "lucide-react";const storyStats = [{ label: "Founded in Copenhagen", value: "2019" },{ label: "Teammates in 12 countries", value: "48" },{ label: "Teams building on Aurora", value: "4,000+" },{ label: "Uptime, trailing 12 months", value: "99.99%" },] as const;const milestones = [{year: "2019",title: "A weekend prototype",description:"Aurora begins as a side project — a faster way to ship internal dashboards without fighting the front end.",},{year: "2021",title: "Seed round",description:"A $4.5M seed led by Meridian Ventures turns the prototype into a product — and a team of nine.",},{year: "2023",title: "Aurora 2.0",description:"A rebuilt editor, live theming, and multiplayer editing bring in the first 1,000 paying teams.",},{year: "2025",title: "Series B",description:"$32M to go deeper on the platform, open the Lisbon hub, and keep the free tier generous.",},{year: "2026",title: "4,000 teams and counting",description: "Aurora powers products at startups and public companies in 60 countries.",},] as const;export function AboutStoryBlock() {return (<section aria-label="About Aurora" className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-4xl flex-col gap-12"><header className="flex max-w-2xl flex-col gap-4"><Badge variant="primary" className="w-fit">Our story</Badge><h2 className="font-display text-3xl font-semibold leading-tight tracking-tight text-fg sm:text-4xl">We believe great software should feel calm, not clever.</h2><p className="text-lg leading-8 text-fg-secondary">Aurora started with a simple frustration: the tools teams relied on every day demandedmore attention than the work itself. We build the opposite.</p></header><div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-6 lg:grid-cols-4">{storyStats.map((stat) => (<div key={stat.label} className="flex flex-col gap-1"><span className="font-display text-3xl font-semibold text-fg">{stat.value}</span><span className="text-sm text-fg-secondary">{stat.label}</span></div>))}</div><Card className="shadow-lg"><CardContent className="flex flex-col gap-6"><Quote className="size-8 text-primary" aria-hidden="true" /><blockquote className="font-display text-2xl font-medium leading-snug text-fg">“We don’t ship features to win demos. We ship them so a designer in Lagos or a PM inPorto ends the day a little less tired.”</blockquote><div className="flex items-center gap-3"><Avatar className="size-10"><AvatarFallback className="bg-surface-overlay text-sm text-fg-secondary">AO</AvatarFallback></Avatar><div className="flex flex-col"><span className="text-sm font-medium text-fg">Amara Okafor</span><span className="text-xs text-fg-tertiary">Co-founder & CEO</span></div></div></CardContent></Card><div className="flex flex-col gap-6"><h3 className="font-display text-xl font-semibold text-fg">Milestones</h3><ol className="flex flex-col">{milestones.map((milestone, index) => (<li key={milestone.year} className="flex gap-4"><div className="flex flex-col items-center"><spanaria-hidden="true"className="mt-1.5 size-2.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-primary"/>{index < milestones.length - 1 ? (<span aria-hidden="true" className="w-px flex-1 bg-border" />) : null}</div><div className="flex flex-col gap-1 pb-8"><span className="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-fg-tertiary">{milestone.year}</span><span className="font-medium text-fg">{milestone.title}</span><p className="text-sm leading-6 text-fg-secondary">{milestone.description}</p></div></li>))}</ol></div></section>);}
Aurora started with a simple frustration: the tools teams relied on every day demanded more attention than the work itself. We build the opposite.
“We don’t ship features to win demos. We ship them so a designer in Lagos or a PM in Porto ends the day a little less tired.”
Aurora begins as a side project — a faster way to ship internal dashboards without fighting the front end.
A $4.5M seed led by Meridian Ventures turns the prototype into a product — and a team of nine.
A rebuilt editor, live theming, and multiplayer editing bring in the first 1,000 paying teams.
$32M to go deeper on the platform, open the Lisbon hub, and keep the free tier generous.
Aurora powers products at startups and public companies in 60 countries.