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Warehouse Robot Networks
Kiva converted an $18-33 million investment into a $775 million sale to Amazon.
Kiva Systems founder and CEO Mick Mountz narrates a play-by-play video of how Kiva robots automate a warehouse environment.
$18.1 million of investments according to Crunchbase.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1132619510794652
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20x Return on Investment
Kiva received a $33 million investment from Bain Capital in the mid-2000's and sold themselves to Amazon for $775 million in 2012. This is the scale of benefits from applying packet-switched networks to the mobility process.
CNN Article on 20x ROI
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/20/technology/amazon-kiva-robots/
http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/03/19/breaking-news-amazon-acquires-kiva...
http://techland.time.com/2012/03/21/amazons-775-million-acquisition-of-k...