Amazon left Roomba with a huge mess to clean up
Jan 31, 2024 · Amazon backing out of its deal to buy iRobot due to regulatory issues may feel like a win for privacy advocates, but it could be a death knell for the Roomba robot vacuum as we know it.
Amazon and Roomba maker call off acquisition deal, iRobot lays ... - CNN
Jan 29, 2024 · Amazon and iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum, mutually called off their estimated $1.7 billion acquisition deal Monday, citing numerous regulatory hurdles.
Roomba maker iRobot announces it's laying off 31% of ... - NBC News
Jan 29, 2024 · IRobot, the maker of the Roomba floor vacuum, said Monday that a planned deal to be acquired by Amazon would not go through, a development that led it to announce it would lay off 31% of its...
Amazon, iRobot news: Roomba vacuum-maker announces layoffs - USA TODAY
Jan 29, 2024 · Amazon and Roomba-maker iRobot are cutting ties. According to a joint announcement released from both companies on Monday, they have reached a "mutual agreement" to terminate a "previously...
Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of …
Jan 29, 2024 · Amazon and iRobot mutually agreed to call off their planned acquisition, writing that there was "no path" to regulatory approval and sending iRobot shares down sharply. …
Amazon abandons $1.4 billion deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot
Jan 29, 2024 · Amazon’s $1.4 billion deal to buy iRobot is off, iRobot CEO Colin Angle is stepping down, and the Roomba maker will lay off 350 people, or about 31 percent of its workforce.
Amazon Scraps Deal to Buy Roomba Maker iRobot Amid Scrutiny
Jan 29, 2024 · Amazon said on Monday that it was abandoning plans to buy iRobot, the maker of the self-driving Roomba vacuum, after regulators raised concerns the deal would hurt competition.
Roomba - Gizmodo
Jul 23, 2024 · The New Roomba Has Evolved Past Needing Humans It's the first robot vacuum to use the Matter smart home standard. But the bigger news is that the vac can wash its own mop and refill its own tank...
Amazon-iRobot deal scrapped after EU challenge - BBC
Jan 29, 2024 · Amazon is scrapping its planned takeover of vacuum maker iRobot following opposition from EU competition authorities. The companies said in a joint statement that they were "disappointed" but...
Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuums for roughly $1.7 …
Aug 5, 2022 · Amazon is acquiring iRobot for $61 a share, an all-cash deal that values the Roomba maker at $1.7 billion, the companies announced Friday.