--- title: "Atoms hires Travis Kalanick’s old Uber finance chief as CFO" url: https://daily.dev/posts/atoms-hires-travis-kalanick-s-old-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo-8smltuchd source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/kalanick-atoms-hires-ex-uber-cfo-gautam-gupta type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-08-06T09:53:32.022Z updated: 2026-08-06T22:38:27.909Z tags: ["robotics"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Atoms hires Travis Kalanick’s old Uber finance chief as CFO **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Travis Kalanick's industrial-robotics startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta, Uber's former finance chief (2013–2017), as its new CFO. Gupta cited Kalanick personally as his primary reason for joining. The hire follows a broader pattern of ex-Uber executives rejoining Kalanick, including Anthony Levandowski whose company Pronto was absorbed by Atoms. The company, formerly known as CloudKitchens, recently raised $1.7bn led by Andreessen Horowitz — with Uber itself participating as an investor. Atoms targets industrial sectors like mining, food, and logistics with robotics and AI. The CFO appointment signals a maturation phase, likely aimed at financial discipline and a potential future public listing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics](https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-launches-a-new-company-called-atoms-focused-on-robotics-bue82uzfg) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/atoms-hires-travis-kalanick-s-old-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo-8smltuchd)