Is this the end for the Roomba? Why iRobot went bankrupt | E2224

Domestic robots have never been hotter… so why is iRobot in so much trouble?! On TWiST, we’re investigating the recent troubles facing the automated vacuum robot, Roomba. We’ve all seen these little discs sweeping up our friends’ floors… but now the company behind them is running out of cash. What happened to iRobot, and would things have turned out differently if they had been sold to Amazon back in 2022? PLUS why Jason thinks you should spend your disposable income on investing… Is Alex still a journalist, and what does that actually mean for his portfolio?… Are founders and investors too cautious when it comes to signaling risk?… Why did all those internal Pipe documents leak online?… And MUCH MORE!

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