iRobot Bankruptcy Follows FTC Block on $1.4B Amazon Deal
8 hours ago · iRobot, pioneer of Roomba vacuums, filed for bankruptcy in 2025 after the FTC blocked its $1.4 billion acquisition by Amazon, citing anticompetitive concerns. Co-founder Colin Angle criticized …
'It felt so wrong': Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the ...
2 days ago · The collapse followed Amazon’s January 2024 decision to scuttle its $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot after 18 months of investigation by the FTC and European regulators.
iRobot Founder Says FTC Treated Blocked Deals 'Like Trophies ...
1 day ago · iRobot Founder Says FTC Treated Blocked Deals 'Like Trophies' as Bankruptcy Follows Failed Amazon Acquisition (techcrunch.com) 30 Posted by msmash on Monday December 22, 2025 …
New: FTC's iRobot Veto Risks US Entrepreneurship, Says ...
7 hours ago · Here's another one for the "unintended consequences" file. iRobot, originally founded by tech entrepreneur Colin Angle and the company that makes the famous Roomba robot vacuum …
Roomba's bankruptcy may wreck a lot more than one robot ...
2 days ago · The bankruptcy of robot vacuum Roomba maker iRobot represents a relatively small but high-profile casualty of years of big tech antitrust scrutiny in both the U.S. and Europe. Amazon's …
Colin Angle Reflects on iRobot's Regulatory Challenges and ...
2 days ago · Colin Angle, founder of iRobot, underscores a critical tension in the tech industry, highlighting how the blocked $1.7 billion acquisition by Amazon due to regulatory intervention …
Colin Angle on iRobot’s Failed Amazon Deal and the FTC
2 days ago · T he recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by iRobot represents a significant and sobering moment for the consumer robotics industry. For founder Colin Angle, this outcome was a preventable …