# ATOMS: robotics company

Canonical ID: `b5340534-e8eb-4afa-863e-eaf4a0e9583c`

## Key facts

- **Founder:** [Travis Kalanick](/people/travis-kalanick.md) (Uber founder, CloudKitchens founder)
- **Equity Round:** $1.7B led by a16z (Ben Horowitz joining board)
- **Equity Partners:** a16z, Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel, Alpha Square Group
- **Debt Partners:** Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Barclays
- **Vision:** Bits to Atoms — digitize physical world. CPU=manufacturing, storage=real estate, network=transportation
- **Sectors:** Food production, mining, construction, heavy transport — multiple trillion-dollar industries
- **Prior Companies:** Uber (transportation network), CloudKitchens (food computer/manufacturing+real estate), ATOMS (OEM for all industrial sectors)
- **Founder & CEO:** [Travis Kalanick](/people/travis-kalanick.md) (Uber founder, CloudKitchens founder)
- **Total funding:** [$1.7B equity (a16z-led, July 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Board member:** Ben Horowitz (a16z General Partner)
- **Divisions:** Atoms Food, Atoms Mining, Atoms Transport
- **Acquisition:** Pronto (Anthony Levandowski's heavy-industry automation, March 2026)
- **Prior company:** CloudKitchens (ghost kitchen business, rebranded to ATOMS)
- **Equity investors:** a16z, Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel, Alpha Square Group
- **Debt partners:** Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Barclays
- **Robotics approach:** Specialized industrial robots (not [humanoid](/humanoids)) for mining, food, transport

- **Slug:** atoms
- **HQ:** Los Angeles, CA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Travis Kalanick](/people/travis-kalanick.md) Founder & CEO (SEC-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is ATOMS?

Industrial AI company founded by Travis Kalanick (Uber founder, CloudKitchens founder), building physical automation systems for mining, food production, and heavy transport. The holding company is built atop CloudKitchens and acquired Pronto (Anthony Levandowski's heavy-industry automation firm) in March 2026. Three divisions: Atoms Food, Atoms Mining, Atoms Transport. Raised $1.7B equity led by a16z with Ben Horowitz joining the board. Uber also invested — reconnecting Kalanick with the company he founded. Specialized robots, not humanoid.

### What does ATOMS make?

ATOMS has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. ATOMS builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them.

### Where is ATOMS headquartered?

ATOMS is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.


## Sources (2)

1. https://atoms.co/vision
2. https://atoms.co/

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