Amazon buys iRobot for $1.7bn
Amazon has bought iRobot for $1.7 billion. The tech giant has signed an agreement to acquire the company behind the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner and will take on iRobot for $61 per share in an all-cash transaction. In a press release, Amazon said: "Since introducing the Roomba vacuum in 2002, iRobot has continued to delight customers with every product generation, saving customers valuable time previously spent on household chores. On Friday (05.082.22) Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acqui...