--- title: Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms... description: Uber founder Travis Kalanick has launched a new company called Atoms, focused on robotics for the food, mining, and transportation industries. His existing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-launches-a-new-company-called-atoms-focused-on-robotics-bue82uzfg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics | daily.dev og:description: Uber founder Travis Kalanick has launched a new company called Atoms, focused on robotics for the food, mining, and transportation industries. His existing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-launches-a-new-company-called-atoms-focused-on-robotics-bue82uzfg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BuE82UZfG.png og:image:alt: Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Uber founder Travis Kalanick has launched a new company called Atoms, focused on robotics for the food, mining, and transportation industries. His existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be folded into Atoms. Kalanick emphasized a focus on specialized industrial robots rather than humanoids. Reports indicate he is also exploring a return to self-driving vehicles with backing from Uber, and may be considering acquiring Pronto, an autonomous vehicle startup founded by former Uber colleague Anthony Levandowski. Talks to acquire the U.S. arm of Chinese AV company Pony AI have reportedly ended. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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