Overview
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.
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ATOMS on the deployment map
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Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by ATOMS, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-22
“ATOMS closed a $1.7 billion equity investment led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Ben Horowitz joining the board. Uber, Bain Capital, Fifth Wall, and others participated. Debt partners include BofA, Goldman, Wells Fargo, JPM, Barclays.”
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-22
“ATOMS operates three divisions targeting trillion-dollar industries: Atoms Food, Atoms Mining, and Atoms Transport.”
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-03-01
“Kalanick acquired Pronto, the heavy-industry automation company run by Anthony Levandowski, in March 2026, folding it into ATOMS.”
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Current leadership (1)
- Travis Kalanick Founder & CEOSEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for ATOMS.
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Recent coverage
ATOMS in third-party press
Funding rounds (1)
- 1.7B Equity (a16z led)2026-07-22
$1.7B(reported)
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) (lead)
Recent activity
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- Record createdJul 23, 2026
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23
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Methodology surface for ATOMS.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ATOMS from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Uber co-founder raises $1.7B for new robotics startup ATOMS
Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, said with ATOMS, he hopes to create physical automation to transform industry. The post Uber co-founder raises $1.7B for new robotics…
Kalanick's Atoms raises $1.7B in a16z-led round for industrial AI
ATOMS closed $1.7B equity led by a16z. Equity partners: Bain, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5, Abstract, SV Angel, Alpha Square, Uber. Debt: BofA, Goldman, Wells Fargo, JPM,…
Travis Kalanick's robotics company raises .7B, led by a16z
Atoms, Travis Kalanick's industrial AI and robotics company, raised .7B equity funding led by Andreessen Horowitz with Bain Capital, Fifth Wall, and Uber participating.
Travis Kalanick Launches New Robotics Company Atoms
Kalanick rebranded CloudKitchens to ATOMS and acquired Pronto (Levandowski's heavy-industry automation). Building 'atoms-based computers' for industrial sectors.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/atoms.md
- RSS feed: /companies/atoms/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b5340534-e8eb-4afa-863e-eaf4a0e9583c
- Revision history: /companies/atoms/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
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Reality vs attention
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Analysis
Well-capitalized with $1.7B raised.
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DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 27, 2026