<s>
She	O
is	O
a	O
former	O
chief	O
scientist	O
and	O
chief	O
experience	O
officer	O
of	O
Jibo	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
company	O
she	O
co-founded	O
in	O
2012	O
that	O
developed	O
personal	O
assistant	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
daughter	O
of	O
two	O
scientists	O
,	O
she	O
had	O
early	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
fields	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
and	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
2000	O
in	O
electrical	O
engineering	O
and	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
both	O
from	O
MIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Breazeal	O
launched	O
an	O
Indiegogo	O
campaign	O
to	O
crowdfund	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Jibo	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
personal	O
assistant	O
robot	O
widely	O
marketed	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
family	O
robot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jibo	B-General_Concept
reached	O
its	O
initial	O
fund-raising	O
goal	O
and	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
launch	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
then	O
later	O
pushed	O
to	O
2016	O
,	O
before	O
finally	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jibo	B-General_Concept
generally	O
received	O
poor	O
reviews	O
,	O
being	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
and	O
much	O
cheaper	O
Amazon	O
Alexa	O
and	O
Google	O
Home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
expected	O
for	O
developers	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
Jibo	B-General_Concept
shut	O
down	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
raised	O
more	O
than	O
$70	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Breazeal	O
has	O
made	O
no	O
public	O
comments	O
in	O
regard	O
to	O
the	O
closing	O
of	O
Jibo	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
assets	O
of	O
Jibo	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
.	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
NTT	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTT	O
Disruption	O
intends	O
to	O
bring	O
Jibo	B-General_Concept
to	O
the	O
healthcare	O
and	O
education	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jibo	B-General_Concept
was	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
of	O
Time	O
magazine	O
's	O
25	O
Best	O
Inventions	O
of	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
