{"id":1649,"date":"2025-11-10T21:10:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/irobots-revenue-has-tanked-and-its-almost-out-of-cash\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:10:32","slug":"irobots-revenue-has-tanked-and-its-almost-out-of-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/irobots-revenue-has-tanked-and-its-almost-out-of-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"iRobot\u2019s revenue has tanked and it\u2019s almost out of cash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Things continue to look bleak for the original robot vacuum maker. iRobot\u2019s third-quarter results,<\/a> released last week, show that revenue is down and \u201cwell below our internal expectations due to continuing market headwinds, ongoing production delays, and unforeseen shipping disruptions,\u201d said Gary Cohen, iRobot CEO, in a press release<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This meant they had to spend more cash and are now down to under $25 million. \u201cAt this time, the Company has no sources upon which it can draw for additional capital,\u201d said Cohen.<\/p>\n

The Roomba manufacturer has been struggling for several years in the face of increased competition from Chinese manufacturers. A sale to Amazon in 2022<\/a> looked to be its lifeline; however, regulatory scrutiny scuppered the deal<\/a>, and the company was left in further turmoil<\/a>. It laid off over 30 percent of its staff, lost its founder and CEO, Colin Angle, and was left with substantial debt<\/a> as a result of the fallout.<\/p>\n

This year, iRobot launched an entirely new line of robot vacuums<\/a>, ostensibly to better compete with companies like Roborock, Ecovacs, and Dreame, adding lidar navigation to its line for the first time (over VSLAM<\/a>). The new models look significantly different from the original Roombas<\/a> and more like their competitors. They also use a different app with fewer features, but added some new hardware features the previous models lacked, including spinning mop pads and a roller mop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No robot?<\/h2>\n

In a regulatory filing<\/a> earlier this month, the company warned it may be forced to seek bankruptcy protection <\/a>following the breakdown of advanced negotiations with a potential buyer, and if it couldn\u2019t secure additional funding. <\/p>\n

Roomba customers are understandably concerned about the impact these current financial troubles might have on their home cleaning robots.<\/p>\n

The Verge<\/em> reached out to iRobot to ask what would happen to the robots should the company go out of business and received the following response from Mich\u00e8le Szynal, senior director of corporate communications at iRobot:<\/p>\n

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\u201cConsistent with our policy, we do not comment on matters of this nature beyond our public disclosures. As disclosed in our Form 8-K filed<\/a> with the SEC, we have reached\u00a0an agreement with our primary lender to extend our covenant waiver under our loan agreement through December 1, 2025, in order to continue our active and ongoing review of strategic alternatives, including, but not limited to, exploring a potential sale or\u00a0strategic transaction and refinancing our debt. As we head into the holiday season, we remain focused on executing our strategy and delivering for our valued customers, partners, and consumers.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The company confirmed that day-to-day operations are continuing as before and there have been no changes to any products or support offerings.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, fellow American robot vacuum manufacturer Neato, which shut down in 2023<\/a>, pulled the plug on its cloud services, leaving its robots unable to communicate with the Neato app<\/a>. However, the vacuums can still be controlled manually. <\/p>\n

Similarly, if iRobot goes out of business and its cloud shuts down, most Roombas\u00a0should<\/em>\u00a0still continue to work in offline mode<\/a> \u2014 pressing the physical button on the robot to start, stop, and dock it. However, they likely wouldn\u2019t be controllable via the app for features like scheduling or specific room cleaning, or via voice commands.<\/span> This potential dilemma just further highlights that cloud-connected devices should be enhanced by connectivity, not reliant on it<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Things continue to look bleak for the original robot vacuum maker. iRobot\u2019s third-quarter results, released last week, show that revenue […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}