Kalanick: Specialized robotics companies must own their own autonomy technology
Travis Kalanick · Building a Company in Stealth | Travis Kalanick with a16z · Jul 22, 2026 · at 42:14
Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Uber and founder of Atoms, explains why Atoms chose to build and acquire internal autonomy capabilities rather than relying on third-party suppliers like Tesla.
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“Because if you're going to be in the specialized robotics game, you have to have autonomy for yourself. You have to. Your robots are act, are moving and acting in the physical world, and you cannot depend of, on only one company that has an existence proof.”
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