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Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’

Wednesday, August 19, 2026


Travis Kalanick raised $1.7 billion for Atoms, his robotics company. In remarks about venture capitalists, Kalanick stated that 1 percent are helpful. Kalanick previously founded Uber and raised venture funding for that company as well.

Original reporting: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/travis-kalanick-kicks-off-another-round-of-vc-bashing-1-are-helpful/

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