"Humanoids have their place, but there's a lot of room for specialized robots that do things in an efficient, sort of industrial-scale kind of way, which is sort of where we play. We've been in stealth mode for eight years. Employees were not allowed to put the name of the company on their LinkedIn. We have thousands of employees."
"When I told my friends, family, and colleagues about my plans for what was next, they were really excited that I was 'coming back.' The thing is, I never left."
"Atoms' webpage says the company plans to build a 'wheelbase for robots,' a platform designed to power specialized machines rather than humanoid robots. The company will focus on practical industrial systems instead of humanlike designs."
Travis Kalanick has announced Atoms, emerging from eight years of stealth mode as a robotics venture focused on building a platform for specialized industrial robots rather than humanoid designs. The company is expanding beyond its origins in food delivery infrastructure into sectors including food service, mining, and transportation. Kalanick is integrating his ghost-kitchen startup CloudKitchens into Atoms and acquiring Pronto, an autonomous vehicle startup founded by former Uber colleague Anthony Levandowski. The venture emphasizes practical, industrial-scale robotic systems designed for efficiency across multiple industries.
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