# Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/amazon-announces-deal-to-buy-roomba-maker-for-1-7-billion/
- Published: 2022-08-07T09:15:55-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: iRobot’s Roomba j7+ robot vacuum. Photo credit: iRobot. Article by Ron Amadeo. Ars Technica – August 5, 2022. Amazon just announced a blockbuster deal to buy the home robotics company iRobot for $1.7 billion. The pending acquisition would be Amazon’s fourth-largest ever, after the purchase of grocery chain Whole Foods in 2017 ($13.7 billion), the movie studio MGM in 2021 ($8.45 billion), and the medical provider One Medical last month ($3.9 billion). […] Click here to view original web page at arstechnica.com