Travis Kalanick’s robotics company Atoms raises $1.7B led by a16z
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-07-23
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company Atoms has raised $1.7 billion, with Andreessen Horowitz leading the round.
Uber is also investing in the company, which has made broad claims about using industrial AI to modernize operations. The report frames Atoms as one of the biggest recent checks in robotics and industrial AI.
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