Allbirds rebrands as Smartbird, taps AI veteran to lead AI infrastructure pivot
Allbirds has rebranded to Smartbird and named Nadia Carlsten, formerly of AWS and a quantum computing center, as CEO as it pivots from footwear to AI compute infrastructure, after an earlier renaming to NewBird AI. The move follows the sale of its footwear assets and closure of U.S. stores, and shares jumped about 39% on the news.