Uber put $100m into the company that hired Anthony Levandowski
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Uber putting $100m into Atoms—Travis Kalanick’s new venture that just hired Anthony Levandowski—shows capital is still willing to recycle controversial autonomy talent if the upside is large enough. For anyone building in AV or robotics, the bar is shifting from reputational cleanliness to demonstrable technical and commercial leverage.
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