
Travis Kalanick’s Atoms raises $1.7 billion as a16z leads and Uber joins the round
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick has raised $1.7 billion for Atoms, a robotics and industrial automation venture built on the remnants of CloudKitchens and expanded through the acquisition of Pronto. The financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Uber, signals a high-profile return for Kalanick and a new bet on applying AI and automation to heavy industry and the physical world.




