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December 19, 2025
Hardware's brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt
What went wrong for three once-promising hardware companies? Equity is discussing the latest wave of bankruptcies, plus Amazon's massive OpenAI bet and Trump's new approach to AI regulation.
TL;DR
- iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes filed for bankruptcy.
- Companies faced tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets.
- These bankruptcies serve as a warning for hardware startups.
- TechCrunch's Equity podcast discussed these events and other tech news.
- Other topics included Merriam-Webster's word of the year, Databricks' funding, and the Coursera-Udemy merger.
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