Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt

TechCrunch
2025.12.19 18:21
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iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes have filed for bankruptcy, highlighting challenges in the hardware sector due to tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and global trade tensions. This serves as a warning for hardware startups. The topic was discussed on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, which also covered Amazon's OpenAI investment, Trump's AI regulation approach, and other tech news.