Ava Robotics spins out from iRobot
Ava Robotics became an independent company in 2016 when founders Youssef Saleh and Marcio Macedo took the workplace-robot technology out of iRobot.
Evidence notes
- Co-founders Youssef Saleh and Marcio Macedo previously worked on iRobot's commercial remote-presence robots.
- Saleh had led iRobot's Remote Presence Business Unit before founding Ava Robotics.
- Macedo had directed product management for iRobot's commercial robots.
Company context
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