# Amazon acquires Kiva Systems: acquisition

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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).

- **Structure:** full acquisition
- **Status:** completed
- **Valuation:** $775.0M (reported, approximate)
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties

- **Acquirer:** [Amazon](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/amazon.md)
- **Acquired:** Kiva Systems _(off-registry)_

## Timeline

- **Closed:** 2012-03-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.aboutamazon.com/


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