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What Does iRobot’s Bankruptcy Mean for the Future of U.S. Robots? + 2026 Predictions! | EP 169

19 Dec 2025 6 published claims 0 attributable people
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I think that some of those companies customers may start building software themselves because now with these AI coding tools, they can spin up a custom CRM, a custom benefits manager, a custom payroll software that suits their needs exactly and they can do it at a fraction of the cost of buying a subscription from one of these big

“I think that some of those companies customers may start building software themselves because now with these AI coding tools, they can spin up a custom CRM, a custom benefits manager, a custom payroll software that suits their needs exactly and they can do it at a fraction of the cost of buying a subscription from one of these big”
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03 / belief

M >> uh and uh you know I have real concern that uh that may not be the commonly held view of the role of the FTC. So uh let if nothing else the tragedy of of of the events of of uh the Amazon attempted acquisition of iRoot to serve as a lesson as we think about uh an industry which honestly could be a thousand times larger than robot vacuuming.

“M >> uh and uh you know I have real concern that uh that may not be the commonly held view of the role of the FTC. So uh let if nothing else the tragedy of of of the events of of uh the Amazon attempted acquisition of iRoot to serve as a lesson as we think about uh an industry which honestly could be a thousand times larger than robot vacuuming.”
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I'm curious what was the conversation around that at the time with those regulators and did you float the possibility that like look if it's like not Amazon that has access to this data it might be something that you like even less >> you know I think that uh we and and to my knowledge continue to have incredibly rigorous privacy and security in fact images never leave the Roomba you know we defend it in depth meaning that all of that use of cameras was uh was all done on the edge on the robots.

“I'm curious what was the conversation around that at the time with those regulators and did you float the possibility that like look if it's like not Amazon that has access to this data it might be something that you like even less >> you know I think that uh we and and to my knowledge continue to have incredibly rigorous privacy and security in fact images never leave the Roomba you know we defend it in depth meaning that all of that use of cameras was uh was all done on the edge on the robots.”
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05 / commitment

What I will say is that when this does eventually happen, because I do think that yes, probably eventually something that is made like largely via AI does win one of these majors, it's going to happen in the Grammys because I think there people are already using so many software tools to make songs and it's just not that big of a leap to say I'm going to have something generate like a 100 hooks for me and like I'm going to pick the best one and make a song out of it.

“What I will say is that when this does eventually happen, because I do think that yes, probably eventually something that is made like largely via AI does win one of these majors, it's going to happen in the Grammys because I think there people are already using so many software tools to make songs and it's just not that big of a leap to say I'm going to have something generate like a 100 hooks for me and like I'm going to pick the best one and make a song out of it.”
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06 / commitment

Then call it the Robbo Rocky robot divide. And under my leadership, I was playing the Tesla card, which said, I will put every penny of COGS in the Roomba against better visual understanding because I believe at the time, this was this was uh very publicly stated, uh the Roomba with a camera could understand what it was doing, could understand whether it was doing a good job or a bad job and could play a role as the hub of the smartome in a way that a robot driven by a LAR could not.

“Then call it the Robbo Rocky robot divide. And under my leadership, I was playing the Tesla card, which said, I will put every penny of COGS in the Roomba against better visual understanding because I believe at the time, this was this was uh very publicly stated, uh the Roomba with a camera could understand what it was doing, could understand whether it was doing a good job or a bad job and could play a role as the hub of the smartome in a way that a robot driven by a LAR could not.”
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