Interview, Explained
In-depth breakdowns of tech interviews — section-by-section analysis with diagrams, quotes, and insights.
a16z Podcast·
Travis Kalanick on Why Physical Industries Become Atoms-Based Computers
Travis Kalanick· Founder
Travis Kalanick maps the physical world onto computing — manufacturing, real estate, and logistics as the CPU, storage, and network of “atoms-based computers” — and argues food, mining, and transport are trillion-dollar industries about to be automated in a second industrial revolution.
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a16z Podcast·
Travis Kalanick on why every industry is a computer
Travis Kalanick· Founder of Atoms; former CEO of Uber
Travis Kalanick lays out the framework behind his stealth comeback, Atoms: every physical industry is a computer whose three resources are manufacturing (the CPU), real estate (the storage), and transport (the network), and he is building those computers one industry at a time, starting with food, mining, and freight.
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