Travis Kalanick

Became CEO of City Storage Systems, the parent of CloudKitchens, in March 2018 after investing $150 million for a controlling interest. In March 2026 he announced Atoms, a robotics company that folded in CloudKitchens and acquired autonomous vehicle company Pronto, and in July 2026 Atoms raised $1.7 billion in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that included Uber.^{Source [2]Source [6]Source [8]Source [9]}

• Announced on March 20, 2018 that his fund would invest $150 million for a controlling interest in City Storage Systems, whose businesses were CloudKitchens and CloudRetail, and that he would run it as CEO.^{Source [6]}
• Leads a group whose businesses, as listed on the Atoms website, include CloudKitchens, Otter, Lab37, Picnic, ProFood and Pronto.^{Source [7]}
• Launched Atoms in March 2026, describing plans to build a wheelbase for specialized robots for food, mining and transportation.^{Source [8]}
• Acquired Pronto, the industrial autonomy company run by Anthony Levandowski, in which he had been the largest investor.^{Source [8]Source [9]}
• Raised $1.7 billion for Atoms in July 2026 in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Bain Capital, Fifth Wall and Uber participating.^{Source [9]}

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Co-founded Uber, which was founded in 2009, and served as its CEO from November 2010 to June 2017. He joined its board in July 2010 and resigned from the board effective December 31, 2019, saying he had sold his remaining shares and was devoting time to new ventures.^{Source [2]Source [3]Source [1]}

• Co-founded Uber with Garrett Camp; both joined its board of directors in July 2010.^{Source [2]}
• Led the company as CEO from November 2010 to June 2017.^{Source [2]}
• Created Uber's self-driving division in 2015.^{Source [8]}
• Resigned as CEO in June 2017 and was succeeded by Dara Khosrowshahi, who became CEO in September 2017.^{Source [2]Source [6]}
• Notified Uber on December 23, 2019 that he would leave its board effective December 31, 2019.^{Source [3]}

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Founded Red Swoosh with Michael Todd in 2001 and was its CEO until Akamai Technologies acquired it in April 2007.^{Source [2]Source [10]Source [5]}

• Served as CEO from January 2001 to April 2007.^{Source [2]}
• Recapitalized the company in 2005, when it raised $1.7 million from Mark Cuban.^{Source [11]Source [12]}
• Sold Red Swoosh to Akamai Technologies on April 12, 2007 in an all-stock deal Akamai valued at about $15 million net of cash acquired.^{Source [5]Source [12]}

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Left UCLA in 1998 to work on Scour full time and handled sales and marketing. Forbes describes him as a cofounder; Wikipedia notes that other founders have disputed that description. Scour filed for bankruptcy in 2000 after being sued by the MPAA and RIAA.^{Source [1]Source [14]Source [13]Source [4]}

• Joined the UCLA student founding team of Scour by mid-1998.^{Source [13]Source [1]}
• Was at Scour when the MPAA and RIAA sued it for copyright infringement in July 2000, before its Chapter 11 filing that October.^{Source [1]Source [15]Source [4]}

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