Travis Kalanick Launches A New Company Called Atoms Focused On Robotics

Travis Kalanick Launches A New Company Called Atoms Focused On Robotics

Travis Kalanick's Atoms: The Robot Empire He's Building Next Travis Kalanick is back — and this time, he's not building a ride-hailing app. The Uber co-founder has quietly launched a new company called Atoms, a robotics venture targeting three of the world's most labor-intensive industries: food, mining, and transportation. If you're wondering what the controversial tech billionaire is up to in 2026, the answer is bigger — and stranger — than most people expected. What Is Atoms and Why Does It Matter? Atoms isn't just another Silicon Valley robotics startup. According to its website, the company is building what Kalanick describes as a "wheelbase for robots" — essentially a foundational movement platform that can be adapted across different industries and applications. Think of it like an operating system, but for physical machines. Rather than designing one robot that does everything, Atoms wants to create the underlying locomotion technology that power…