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- Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's ghost kitchen and software company is transforming restaurants.
- In 2021, Kalanick raised $850 million at a $15 billion valuation from backers including Microsoft.
- The stealth company has attracted top tech talent and some controversy among staff and customers.
Travis Kalanick is trying to reinvent the restaurant industry after upending the global taxi business.
Kalanick, who stepped down as CEO of Uber in 2017, took over a small startup called City Storage Systems. He has since built the company into a global ghost kitchen leader – though one unrecognizable to most consumers, because the Los Angeles-headquartered company tries to stay out of the media spotlight.