--- title: Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms hires former... description: Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta — Uber's former finance chief (2013–2017) — as CFO. The move continues a pattern of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-hires-former-uber-finance-chief-gautam-gupta-as-cfo-m5dojbclr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms hires former Uber finance chief Gautam Gupta as CFO | daily.dev og:description: Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta — Uber's former finance chief (2013–2017) — as CFO. 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The move continues a pattern of Kalanick rebuilding his old Uber network at Atoms, which previously acquired Anthony Levandowski's mining autonomy startup Pronto. Atoms recently closed a $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber itself contributing roughly $100 million. The CFO hire signals the company is entering a more structured phase, potentially ahead of a public listing. Atoms targets industrial sectors including mining, food production, and logistics with robotics and AI. ## Content Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta, who served as Uber's finance chief from 2013 to 2017, as its new CFO. Gupta said Kalanick was the primary reason he took the job. The hire continues a pattern that's hard to miss: Kalanick has been steadily reassembling his old Uber circle at Atoms. The company previously acquired Pronto, the mining autonomy startup founded by Anthony Levandowski, another Uber alumnus with a complicated history. Atoms — formerly known as CloudKitchens — recently closed a $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Uber itself put in roughly $100 million, which makes for an odd reunion given that the company pushed Kalanick out in 2017. The startup targets industrial sectors including mining, food production, and logistics with robotics and AI. Bringing on a CFO with Gupta's background suggests Atoms is moving into a more structured phase — the kind that typically precedes a public listing or at least requires more financial discipline than a startup in growth mode usually bothers with. ## Questions this post answers ### How much did Atoms raise in its latest funding round and who led it? Atoms closed a $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Uber also participated, contributing roughly $100 million — notable given that Uber pushed founder Travis Kalanick out in 2017. The company, formerly known as CloudKitchens, targets industrial sectors including mining, food production, and logistics with robotics and AI. _Founders tracking late-stage robotics funding rounds and investor moves follow developments like these on daily.dev._ ## 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: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-hires-former-uber-finance-chief-gautam-gupta-as-cfo-m5dojbclr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms hires former Uber finance chief Gautam Gupta as CFO","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-hires-former-uber-finance-chief-gautam-gupta-as-cfo-m5dojbclr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-hires-former-uber-finance-chief-gautam-gupta-as-cfo-m5dojbclr"},"datePublished":"2026-08-06T22:38:09.118Z","dateModified":"2026-08-06T22:38:42.351Z","description":"Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta — Uber's former finance chief (2013–2017) — as CFO. 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