Uber co-founder raises $1.7B for new robotics startup ATOMS
ATOMS said it aims to make gainfully employed robots that bring abundance to their owners and society at large. | Source: ATOMS ATOMS, a robotics startup led by former Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick, today said it has raised $1.7 billion in equity investment. Kalanick said the funding will enable ATOMS to complete completion of the “bits-to-atoms” story arc he started at Uber and continued at CloudKitchens. So far, Kalanick hasn’t given many details about the r
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A former ride-hailing company co-founder has launched a new robotics startup that has raised $1.7 billion in funding from multiple investment firms and banks. The startup aims to build specialized industrial robots and "atoms-based" computers for various sectors, starting with food production infrastructure, mining, and mobile robot platforms. According to the founder, the company will focus on customized robots designed for specific industrial tasks rather than general-purpose humanoid robots. The funding round included participation from the founder's former company, reconnecting him with the organization he left in 2017.
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