Andreessen Horowitz is backing former Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick’s next venture with a $1.7 billion funding round for Atoms.

Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.

Atoms, Travis Kalanick's robotics firm, has secured $1.7 billion in funding. This investment, led by Andreessen Horowitz, will fuel industrial AI development. The company focuses…