Atoms, the company founded by Travis Kalanick, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

The company uses industrial AI, according to reports. It has been described by one source as a robotics company, while another source focuses on its industrial AI applications.

One report describes Atoms as having made 'gauzy claims' about using industrial AI to modernize the world, a characterization not included in other coverage.

Atoms has made 'gauzy claims' about using industrial AI to modernize the world.