Your Roomba could soon be a worthless brick.
Even there, iRobot could be impacted by President Trumps trade war.
Roomba is synonymous with robot vacuums, having first introduced the product back in 2002.
iRobot told investors Wednesday it has “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue.“Roomba
Of course, however, Roombas still cannot ascend stairs.
Robot vacuums are more of a want, not a needand, frankly, vacuuming yourself can be therapeutic.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who quickly fell in line with the president, could call in a favor.
Amazon probably does not want iRobot anymore, however.
And it is renewing its push in the home byupgrading Alexa with generative AI.
That never panned out, but maybe the new Alexa will turn things around.
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Too bad it arrived at the same time as an even better one from Roborock.
