Atoms Taps Former Uber CFO as Finance Chief
Travis Kalanick's robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms has hired Gautam Gupta, former finance chief at Uber, as its new chief financial officer. The move follows a $1.7 billion funding round, where Uber also invested, reuniting with its founder after a 2017 scandal. Gupta joins a team of former Uber executives at Atoms, which acquired mining autonomy startup Pronto earlier this year.
Key points
- Atoms, a robotics and industrial AI startup founded by Travis Kalanick, has hired Gautam Gupta, former finance chief at Uber, as its new chief financial officer.
- The move follows a $1.7 billion funding round, where Uber invested, reuniting with its founder after a 2017 scandal.
- Gupta joins a team of former Uber executives at Atoms, including Anthony Levandowski, who runs mining autonomy startup Pronto.
- Uber contributed $100 million to the funding round, according to TechCrunch's confirmation of The Information's report.
- Atoms aims to complete its 'bits-to-atoms' story arc, which began at Uber and continued at CloudKitchens, a previous iteration of the startup.
Travis Kalanick's robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms has made a significant move in its development, hiring Gautam Gupta as its new chief financial officer. Gupta, who spent over four years at Uber until 2017, joins a team of former Uber executives at Atoms, including Anthony Levandowski, who runs mining autonomy startup Pronto.
The hiring comes after a $1.7 billion funding round, where Uber invested, reuniting with its founder after a 2017 scandal. The exact amount of Uber's contribution is $100 million, according to TechCrunch's confirmation of The Information's report.
Atoms aims to complete its 'bits-to-atoms' story arc, which began at Uber and continued at CloudKitchens, a previous iteration of the startup. This move is seen as a continuation of Kalanick's trend of hiring former Uber employees at Atoms.
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