Acquisition
Amazon acquires Kiva Systems
Amazon acquired warehouse-robotics maker Kiva Systems (~$775M, 2012), which became Amazon Robotics. Cutting off external Kiva customers spurred Quiet Logistics to build Locus Robotics (cross-ref people-graph: the Locus Quiet-Logistics lineage).
full acquisition · Completed · $775.0M (reported, approximate) · verified
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- Acquirer
- Amazon
- Acquired
- Kiva Systems
Timeline
- Closed
- 2012-03-01
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