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If you’re a Roomba user concerned about your home’s floor plan ending up in Amazon’s hands after the retailer completed its purchase of the vacuum cleaner iRobot, those worries are over. Amazon has abandoned the proposed $1.4 billion takeover of iRobot around 18 months after it was first announced. The reasons appear to be related | Trusted Reviews
Amazon and iRobot announce a "mutual" termination of the former's $1.4 billion deal to acquire the Roomba maker.
With Amazon backing out of its plan to acquire iRobot, the future of the Roomba-maker is unclear.
The Roomba maker said it will now focus on its own restructuring and becoming profitable again, after a proposed merger with Amazon fell apart.
Amazon is no longer buying iRobot, makers of the Roomba vacuums.