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Atoms

Industrial robotics and AI holding company building task-specific 'gainfully employed robots' for food, mining, and transportation/logistics industries.

RoboticsLos Angeles, CAFounded 2018Founders: Travis Kalanick
Last verified Jul 31, 2026

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Total funding
$1.7B
As of Jul 31, 2026Value Add Pulse research

Company Snapshot

Atoms is a Robotics company, based in Los Angeles, CA, founded 2018 by Travis Kalanick. Total funding $1.7B (As of Jul 31, 2026).

Recent changes

  1. Sep 6, 2026Raised $1.7B Series A TechCrunch
  2. Sep 6, 2026Kalanick's Atoms Is Building Robotaxi Tech Pulse story
  3. Jul 31, 2026First reported total funding: $1.7B Value Add Pulse enrichment
  4. Jul 23, 2026Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI Pulse story
  5. Jul 22, 2026Raised $1.7B TechCrunch
Earlier changes (6)
  1. Jul 22, 2026New investor: Fifth Wall TechCrunch
  2. Jul 22, 2026New investor: Bain Capital TechCrunch
  3. Jul 22, 2026New investor: Andreessen Horowitz TechCrunch
  4. Jul 22, 2026New investor: Uber TechCrunch
  5. Jul 22, 2026Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back Pulse story
  6. Jul 22, 2026Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber Pulse story

Funding History

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DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Sep 6, 2026Series A$1.7Bโ€”
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Jul 22, 2026funding round$1.7Bโ€”
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Latest Pulse

  1. Hardware Is Getting Software's Round Sizes NowStoke Space's $1 billion round joins Castelion's $1.05 billion and Atoms' $1.7 billion as capital-intensive physical-hardware startups now command the round sizes and speed that used to be reserved for software.โ†’
  2. Why I'd Rather Own the Robotaxi AggregatorUber put $100 million into Atoms and builds nothing itself, while Atoms, Waymo and Tesla carry the full capital and safety burden of running actual fleets -- that asymmetry is the whole argument.โ†’
  3. Physical AI's Funding Is Outrunning Its Safety RecordAtoms raised $1.7 billion to build robotaxis and brought back an engineer convicted of stealing self-driving trade secrets and later pardoned, the same week Tesla's Cybercab drew an NHTSA probe within hours.โ†’
  4. Kalanick's Atoms Is Building Robotaxi TechTravis Kalanick's robotics company, which raised $1.7 billion in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz with $100 million from Uber, is hiring and acquiring toward becoming an autonomous-vehicle player.โ†’
  5. Security and Physical AI Are Venture's Hottest CornersGlow's $1.2 billion stealth debut and Dimension Capital's $800 million fund, alongside recent mega-rounds for Atoms and Humanoid, show AI-agent security and physical AI are venture's hottest frontiers.โ†’
  6. Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AITravis Kalanick's industrial robotics venture Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz to build AI and robotics systems for mines, factories, and logistics networks.โ†’
  7. Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing BackTravis Kalanick's industrial robotics company Atoms closed a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted him as CEO in 2017 -- investing alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.โ†’
  8. Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From UberTravis Kalanick's industrial robotics holding company Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted Kalanick in 2017 -- joining the round alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.โ†’

Coverage Timeline

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  1. FUNDINGHardware Is Getting Software's Round Sizes Nowโ†’
  2. FUNDINGWhy I'd Rather Own the Robotaxi Aggregatorโ†’
  3. REGULATIONPhysical AI's Funding Is Outrunning Its Safety Recordโ†’
  4. FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Is Building Robotaxi Techโ†’
  5. FUNDINGSecurity and Physical AI Are Venture's Hottest Cornersโ†’
  6. FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AIโ†’
  7. FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Backโ†’
  8. FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uberโ†’

All Coverage

FUNDING

Hardware Is Getting Software's Round Sizes Now

FUNDING

Why I'd Rather Own the Robotaxi Aggregator

REGULATION

Physical AI's Funding Is Outrunning Its Safety Record

FUNDING

Kalanick's Atoms Is Building Robotaxi Tech

FUNDING

Security and Physical AI Are Venture's Hottest Corners

FUNDING

Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI

FUNDING

Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back

FUNDING

Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber

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