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iRobot

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51 articles rising

iRobot has appeared in 51 articles since 2015-02. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 8 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Amazon, Roomba, Colin Angle, the European Commission.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-12-15
Bloomberg 65 related

iRobot files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reaches a restructuring agreement to hand over control to its secured lender and main Chinese supplier Shenzhen Picea

iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model …

2025-03-12
Bloomberg 10 related

Roomba maker iRobot warns of “substantial doubt” over its ability to continue operating, after Amazon abandoned a $1B+ takeover in January 2024; IRBT drops 35%+

IRobot Corp., the consumer robotics company that Amazon.com Inc. once planned to buy for more than $1 billion …

2024-01-29
Bloomberg 12 related

Amazon ends its $1.4B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot after clashing with EU regulators and will pay a $94M fee; iRobot has $500M in net losses since 2021

- IRobot CEO steps down and company cuts workforce by 31%  — Tech giant to pay $94 million to iRobot over deal termination

2024-01-19
Wall Street Journal 8 related

Sources: the European Union's competition watchdog intends to block Amazon's $1.7B bid to purchase iRobot; IRBT drops ~40% after hours

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2023-11-24
Reuters 3 related

Sources: the European Commission plans to grant Amazon unconditional antitrust approval for its $1.4B iRobot acquisition, having set a February 14 deadline

2023-11-23
Reuters 1 related

Sources: the European Commission plans to grant Amazon unconditional antitrust approval for its $1.4B iRobot acquisition, having set a February 14 deadline

Amazon (AMZN.O) is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot …

2023-06-22
Reuters 2 related

Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a four-month investigation into Amazon's $1.7B iRobot acquisition after the end of a preliminary review on July 6

EU antitrust regulators are expected to open a full-scale investigation into Amazon's (AMZN.O) $1.7 billion acquisition …

2022-08-09
Bloomberg

Amazon's planned acquisitions of iRobot and One Medical are emblematic of Andy Jassy's hunt for a so-called fourth “pillar”, beyond AWS, Prime, and Marketplace

Amazon has snapped up robotic vacuum maker iRobot, undaunted by antitrust concerns.  But first:

2022-08-07
@ronmknox 6 related

[Thread] Via iRobot, Amazon, one of the most powerful data collection companies on earth, will get another vast and intrusive set of data about people's homes

1. Hello. Amazon today announced it would pay $1.7 billion to acquire iRobot, the company behind the Roomba robotic vacuum. It may be the most dangerous, threatening acquisition in the company's histo...

2022-08-06
TechCrunch 47 related

Amazon plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot in a $1.7B all-cash deal; Colin Angle will remain as iRobot's CEO

Everyone's Favorite Robot Cleaning Company Financial Times : Amazon acquires Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7bn Jon Fingas / Engadget : Amazon is buying iRobot, the creator of the Roomba robot vacuum Chan...

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TEXXR tracks 41 Techmeme articles mentioning iRobot, dating back to September 2015. The biggest stories include iRobot files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reaches a restructuring agreement to hand over... and Amazon plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot in a $1.7B all-cash deal; Colin Angle will.... Frequently covered alongside Amazon, Roomba, Colin Angle, IRBT, and FTC.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +100pts; safety +67pts; consumer +17pts
2025Q1enterprise -100pts; safety -67pts; consumer -33pts
2025Q4enterprise +50pts; funding +25pts; regulation -50pts

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