Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion | Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/amazon-buys-roomba-maker-for-1-7-billion/
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).