Travis Kalanick's industrial-AI company Atoms has raised $1.7bn led by a16z, with Uber, the company that ousted him in 2017, among the backers.

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…