--- title: Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former... description: Travis Kalanick's robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta, former Uber finance chief, as its new CFO. Gupta joins shortly after Atoms... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-taps-former-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo-ytodfxnx4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO | daily.dev og:description: Travis Kalanick's robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta, former Uber finance chief, as its new CFO. 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This continues Kalanick's pattern of reuniting former Uber executives at Atoms, which previously acquired Anthony Levandowski's mining autonomy startup Pronto. Uber itself invested approximately $100 million in the funding round, reuniting the company with the founder it ousted in 2017. Atoms, formerly CloudKitchens, is focused on mining, food, and transportation robotics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much did Uber invest in Travis Kalanick's Atoms startup? Uber invested approximately $100 million in Atoms' $1.7 billion funding round led by a16z. This reunited Uber with Kalanick, the founder it pushed out in 2017 following scandals and complaints of widespread sexual harassment and discrimination. Uber has not officially disclosed the amount, but The Information reported $100 million, a figure independently confirmed. _Founders tracking major startup funding rounds and investor dynamics 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 - [TechCrunch Mobility: Travis Kalanick’s return proves it really is 2016 again](https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-travis-kalanick-s-return-proves-it-really-is-2016-again-dzdf2agcq) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#uber](https://daily.dev/tags/uber) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-taps-former-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo-ytodfxnx4) ```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 taps former Uber finance chief as CFO","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-taps-former-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo-ytodfxnx4","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/travis-kalanick-s-robotics-startup-atoms-taps-former-uber-finance-chief-as-cfo-ytodfxnx4"},"datePublished":"2026-08-05T21:26:53.594Z","dateModified":"2026-08-06T22:38:27.921Z","description":"Travis Kalanick's robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta, former Uber finance chief, as its new CFO. 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