Travis Kalanick
Coverage of Travis Kalanick in the Nexus archive.
- Travis Kalanick says he wouldn't do 'anything different' about the missed Uber-Lyft acquisition
Travis Kalanick stated he has no regrets regarding the potential 2014 acquisition of Lyft by Uber, citing that cultural differences were too great for the companies to merge. The talks collapsed over valuation disagreements and issues like Lyft's carstache effort. Separately, Kalanick recently launched Atoms, a robotics company, which successfully raised $1.7 billion in equity funding.
- I worked with Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick in my 20s. Here's what I learned from them about building a company.
Adi Prasad, cofounder and CEO of Matter, shares lessons learned from working with Elon Musk at Tesla and Travis Kalanick at CloudKitchens during his 20s. He highlights Musk's first-principles thinking and Kalanick's approach to scaling businesses as key influences on his entrepreneurial journey.
- Uber founder Travis Kalanick raises $1.7bn for new start-up
Travis Kalanick, Uber founder, has raised $1.7 billion for a new start-up. The funding round includes Andreessen Horowitz and the riding hailing group.
- Travis Kalanick's summer commute: a 5-minute jet ski ride
Travis Kalanick commutes to his new Austin office by jet ski across Lake Austin. He moved to Texas, joining other tech leaders drawn by lower taxes and a friendlier regulatory environment. Kalanick leads Atoms, a company developing AI-powered robots for industries like food service and logistics.
- Silicon Valley founders are publicly roasting VCs online. Here are their wildest stories.
Silicon Valley founders are sharing negative experiences with venture capitalists on social media, including stories of investors falling asleep during meetings and making sexist remarks. Examples include Greg Isenberg describing a general partner sleeping through a pitch and Matthew Prince recounting a Sequoia partner dismissing Cloudflare's co-founders.
- Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine
Pronto's autonomous haulage trucks will begin operations at Mariana Minerals' Utah copper mine, marking the first deal since Pronto's acquisition by Travis Kalanick's Atoms Inc. The collaboration involves an ex-Tesla engineer's startup leveraging Pronto's technology for mine automation.