Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO
Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski's autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber itself.
Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms has secured a new finance chief with the addition of Gautam Gupta, a former finance chief at Uber. Gupta, who left Uber in July 2017 shortly after Kalanick resigned as CEO, announced his new role as chief financial officer (CFO) for Atoms on social media. Atoms, which was previously known as CloudKitchens, recently raised $1.7 billion in funding.
This new hire is part of a trend of Kalanick reuniting former Uber executives at Atoms. Earlier this year, Atoms acquired a mining autonomy startup called Pronto, which is led by former Uber (and Google) self-driving engineer Anthony Levandowski. The funding round also attracted investment from Uber, which remains a shareholder in the company.
Gupta, who co-founded investment firm A* in 2020, will step down from A* to take on the CFO role at Atoms.
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