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Roomba

6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 13, 2026 by Colin Angle · said 42 times in 3 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Apr 13, 2026
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Angle: iRobot sales plateaued around 2008 after exhausting early adopters
“Probably 250 employees by that time, but you know, I think it was 2008, 2009, we plateaued for a little while, and part of it was the economy, and part of it was the fact that we were running out of early adopters, and it exposed a pretty significant fallacy i…”
Colin Angle Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 46:35 iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Apr 13, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Angle: No navigation system was good enough for early Roomba positioning
“At the time there was no navigation system good enough to give you an actual position.”
Colin Angle Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 31:30 iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Apr 13, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Angle: iRobot paid $22 for half-cent resistors during pandemic shortages
“We were spending 22 dollars on a half a cent resistor so that we could actually build a Roomba.”
Colin Angle Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 53:12 iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Apr 13, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Angle: Roomba achieved energy efficiency by splitting debris and dust pickup
“By breaking vacuuming into two pieces, one for doing large debris and one for doing small debris, We had invented a new way of vacuuming that was incredibly efficient.”
Colin Angle Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 33:31 iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Apr 13, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
iRobot Sold 250,000 Roombas in Six Weeks After Chappelle Pepsi Ad
“And we sold 250,000 Roombas in six weeks.”
Colin Angle Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 43:35 iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Apr 13, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Angle: iRobot sold 70,000 Roombas in its first three months
“We sold 70,000 Roombas in the first three months.”
Colin Angle Apr 13, 2026 ▶ 38:33 iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
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