--- title: Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z description: Travis Kalanick's company Atoms has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Ben Horowitz joining the board. Uber, the company... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-company-raises-1-7b-led-by-a16z-8ju9edpba twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z | daily.dev og:description: Travis Kalanick's company Atoms has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Ben Horowitz joining the board. 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Kalanick describes his vision as building a 'wheelbase for robots' and digitizing the physical world through industrial AI, though specifics remain vague. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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