Travis Kalanick's Robotics Startup Atoms Raises $1.7B
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-08-04
Atoms, a robotics startup founded by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, has raised $1.7 billion. The company focuses on developing industrial robots capable of automating complex manufacturing tasks.
Separately, voice AI startup Smallest.ai raised $13 million to develop ultra-low latency voice agents using smaller, specialized models.
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