Allbirds pivots to AI, rebrands as NewBird AI, sparking a stock surge
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Allbirds plans a dramatic pivot from footwear to AI compute infrastructure, renaming itself NewBird AI after a $50 million deal to acquire GPUs and offer on-demand AI cloud services; the brand will be owned by American Exchange Group, and shares jumped about 580% on the news, though the company remains more than 90% off its 2021 listing value.
- Allbirds shares soar after pivot from footwear to AI BBC
- Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot to AI, adds $127 million in value CNBC
- Allbirds was founded with a focus on environmental conservation. Its pivot to AI is leaving that behind. Business Insider
- Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I. The New York Times
- Allbirds shares soar on a very 2026 pivot to AI CNN
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