Travis Kalanick flies from Austin to Bridgeport the same week his Atoms launch party hits San Francisco

Travis Kalanick flew from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Bridgeport Municipal Airport on May 26, a 46-minute hop in his Gulfstream G650ER (N10100) that covered roughly 160 miles. Bridgeport, about 70 miles northwest of Dallas, is not a typical destination for the former Uber CEO, whose home base is Austin and whose recent flights have shuttled between Van Nuys, Oakland, and San Francisco.

The trip comes the same week the tech press is covering the launch of Kalanick's new company, Atoms, which he unveiled in late April during an interview on the TBPN show. According to a report in the San Francisco Standard, the “global launch party” for Atoms was an invitation-only affair in San Francisco on May 22 — the same night Kalanick’s jet flew from Oakland to Austin. Atoms, a physical-AI venture that absorbs CloudKitchens, aims to automate food preparation, delivery logistics, and mineral extraction, with Kalanick telling the All-In podcast that his goal is to make delivered meals “as affordable as grocery purchases.”

Kalanick’s flight pattern since May 8 shows a relentless loop: Austin, Van Nuys, Oakland, San Francisco, and back. He moved his primary residence to Texas in December 2025, per the Billionaire Reporter, to sidestep California’s proposed billionaires’ tax. Yet the Bay Area remains the epicenter of the robotics and AI talent he needs for Atoms, and the Bridgeport stop may simply be a convenient midpoint before heading west. For a founder who told TBPN he feels “FOMO” watching peers flee to Florida, the aerial dance between Texas and California suggests he intends to keep a foot in both states.