Amazon to acquire Bedford’s iRobot in $1.7B deal 

The popular cleaning robot Roomba is going to be an Amazon.com Inc (Nasdaq: AMZN) product. The e-commerce-giant announced on Friday it signed an agreement to buy Bedford-based Roomba maker iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion, including iRobot’s net debt.

Source: Amazon to acquire Bedford’s iRobot in $1.7B deal – Boston Business Journal