Uber put $100m into the company that hired Anthony Levandowski
Uber has put $100m into a company that just hired Anthony Levandowski. His theft of Google’s self-driving secrets cost Uber a fortune, and it helped end Travis Kalanick’s time as chief executive.
The company is Atoms, Kalanick’s new venture. Rafe Rosner-Uddin reported the arrangement for the Financial Times on Sunday. He cited people familiar with the plans, plus interviews with current and former Atoms and Uber staff.
Those sources say Atoms is developing robotaxi technology and that Levandowski is leading the work. They also say the company has held preliminary talks with Uber about running it on Uber’s network. Uber declined to comment.
Atoms says it is doing no such thing
The company gave the FT a flat denial. Atoms described itself as “an industrial software company” and said it has “no plans to enter the saturated robotaxi market”.
It added that Uber is a partner and may use Atoms...
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