Atoms
Atoms , an eight-year-old Los Angeles startup founded and led by Travis Kalanick that is building robotics and automation systems for food, mining, transportation, and other industrial sectors, raised a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz , with Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel , and Alpha Square Group also digging in.
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Atoms , an eight-year-old Los Angeles startup founded and led by Travis Kalanick that is building robotics and automation systems for food, mining, transportation, and other industrial sectors, raised a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz , with Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract, SV Angel , and Alpha Square Group also digging in. TechCrunch has more here .
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- 2026-07-22New funding round$1.7B
Investors · Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Uber, Fifth Wall, Chemistry, A*, K5 Global, Abstract Ventures, SV Angel, Alpha Square Group, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, J.P. MorganSource · techcrunch.com ↗
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