Acquisition terminated
Amazon announced the acquisition of Roomba on 5 August 2022 for $1.7 billion; the deal is terminated.[1]
Amazon agreed to acquire iRobot for about $1.7 billion, later reduced to about $1.4 billion. British regulators cleared it unconditionally; European regulators signalled objections, and Amazon abandoned the deal in January 2024, paying a $94 million termination fee. iRobot stayed independent until a Chapter 11 plan made it a wholly owned subsidiary of Shenzhen PICEA Robotics in January 2026.
No ownership edge is recorded for this deal because it never completed. The brand record for Roomba shows iRobot as owner throughout.
Cleared · Phase 1
The Competition and Markets Authority cleared Amazon's proposed acquisition of iRobot unconditionally in June 2023, finding it would not substantially lessen competition in robot vacuums. European regulators took a different view, and Amazon abandoned the transaction in January 2024 rather than contest it, leaving iRobot independent.
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