Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms raised $1.7B led by a16z, with Uber and others participating; Ben Horowitz will join the startup's board (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/travis-kalanicks-robotics-company-raises-1-7b-led-by-a16z/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260722/i43.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260722/p43#a260722p43" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Sean O'Kane / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/travis-kalanicks-robotics-company-raises-1-7b-led-by-a16z/">Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms raised $1.7B led by a16z, with Uber and others participating; Ben Horowitz will join the startup's board</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Travis Kalanick's robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.</p>