Travis Kalanick co-founded Uber and leads Atoms, the industrial automation company behind CloudKitchens and businesses in mining and transport. His approach combines specialized robots, software, and physical infrastructure to make producing and moving goods more efficient.
Travis Kalanick co-founded Uber and leads Atoms, the industrial automation company behind CloudKitchens and businesses in mining and transport. His approach combines specialized robots, software, and physical infrastructure to make producing and moving goods more efficient.
Career
Travis Kalanick attended University of California - Los Angeles, earning a Studied Computer Engineering and Business Economics (1994–1998; did not graduate).
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Atoms from 2018-03 to Present.Became CEO of City Storage Systems in March 2018; the business was renamed Atoms in 2026. Leads industrial automation across food, mining, and transportation, with businesses including CloudKitchens, Otter, and Lab37.1Founder at 10100 from 2018-03 to Present.Founded an investment vehicle focused on real estate, e-commerce, and job creation. Its early investments included City Storage Systems.
Co-founder and board member at Uber from 2009 to 2019-12.Co-founded Uber in 2009 and served as CEO from 2010 to June 2017. Continued on the board until December 31, 2019.
Head of P2P Initiatives at Akamai from 2007 to 2008.Led peer-to-peer initiatives after Akamai acquired Red Swoosh, bringing its file-distribution technology into the content delivery business.RSCo-founder and CEO at Red Swoosh from 2001-01 to 2007-04.Built peer-to-peer content delivery software to reduce the bandwidth cost of distributing large media files. Acquired by Akamai in April 2007 for $18.7 million.
SEarly team member at Scour from 1998 to 2000.Worked on an early multimedia search engine and peer-to-peer file-sharing service before starting Red Swoosh.