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Travis Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7 Billion to Build 'Gainfully Employed' Robots for Heavy Industry
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick's robotics holding company Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by a16z, with Uber itself joining the round. Rebranded from CloudKitchens and built on the acquired industrial-automation firm Pronto, Atoms aims to bring 'physical AI' to manufacturing and mining, pledging robots that bring 'abundance to their owners and society at large.'
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