Overview
- Atoms emerges from eight years of stealth and a rebrand of City Storage Systems, with Kalanick saying the company has thousands of employees.
- The company says it will build a reusable “wheelbase for robots” and focus on specialized industrial machines rather than humanoid designs.
- Kalanick says CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms as part of an expansion beyond food‑delivery infrastructure.
- He said he is on the verge of acquiring Pronto, the Anthony Levandowski–founded autonomy startup for mining and industrial sites, and that he is already Pronto’s largest investor.
- Atoms will operate through Food, Mining and Transport units, and reporting of Uber backing remains unconfirmed and is not referenced on the company’s website.