Following a financial restructuring, iRobot has been acquired by the Chinese industrial giant Picea. To address concerns regarding data privacy and China's national intelligence laws, the company has established 'iRobot Safe,' a US-based entity designed to act as a legal silo for customer data. The company aims to leverage Chinese manufacturing scale to double its product portfolio by 2026 while maintaining its R&D operations in Massachusetts.
iRobot refounds itself with Chinese capital and builds a wall for data protection
Saturday, 4 April 2026RSS









