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

Funding History

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DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Jul 22, 2026funding round$1.7B
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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  1. FUNDINGSecurity and Physical AI Are Venture's Hottest Corners
  2. FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI
  3. FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back
  4. FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber

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