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Atoms

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atoms.com

Atoms is a physical AI company building autonomous specialized industrial robots across food, mining, and transportation verticals. Via the April 2026 acquisition of Pronto (founded by Anthony Levandowski), Atoms operates autonomous haulage systems at mining and quarry sites in North America, partnered with Komatsu. Pronto technology has hauled over two million tonnes of limestone at a Heidelberg Materials site in Texas. Atoms describes its core product as a wheelbase for robots, targeting geo-fenced industrial sites with specialized (non-humanoid) autonomous machines.

HeadquartersBrooklyn, US
Founded2017
Corporate fundingNot disclosed
Team1-10
Deployments2
Open roles47
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StagePrivate
FoundersTravis Kalanick (CEO)
Regions servedUnited States
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-04-09Mariana Mineralscopper mineUS3Announcement
2025-02-24Heidelberg Materialsquarry/miningUS100Announcement
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles47

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

Chief Accounting OfficerTeam unlisted · Los Angeles, CACorporate RecruiterTeam unlisted · Bogotá, COLEngineering TechnicianTeam unlisted · San Francisco, CAFinance AnalyticsTeam unlisted · Los Angeles, CAIn-house Commercial and Real Estate CounselTeam unlisted · London, UKIntegrations EngineerTeam unlisted · Sao Paulo, BRALead Electrical EngineerTeam unlisted · San Francisco, CALead Product Designer - Facility TechTeam unlisted · San Francisco, CA
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-04-06Acquired Pronto (autonomous haulage for mining, founded by Anthony Levandowski); Pronto had deployed at Heidelberg Materials Texas quarry hauling 2M+ tonnes with Komatsu partnershipPronto.ai
2026-03-13Atoms publicly launched from stealth as physical AI company pivoting from CloudKitchens/City Storage Systems to industrial roboticsTechCrunch
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Source ledger

4 unique public sources

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Kalanick's Pronto Lands First Mining Deal Post-AcquisitionTechBuzz.ai · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pronto Announces Global Agreement to Deploy 100+ Autonomous Haul TrucksPR Newswire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Pronto Has Officially Been Acquired by AtomsPronto.ai · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on roboticsTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05