Travis Kalanick raised $1.7B for his robotics comeback, and Uber chipped in
23-07-2026 19:33 via thenextweb.com

Travis Kalanick raised $1.7B for his robotics comeback, and Uber chipped in

Travis Kalanick is back, and Uber is helping to fund him. The founder Uber forced out in 2017 has raised $1.7 billion for Atoms, an industrial-AI and robotics company he has built in near-total stealth for years. Andreessen Horowitz led the round. Its co-founder Ben Horowitz is joining the board. And among the investors sits […]
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