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The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no team (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Startup Team Builder → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, aws

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The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no employees (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Startup Founder Kit → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, aws

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Allbirds Used to Make Viral Wool Sneakers. Now It’s an AI Company Called ‘Smartbird.’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | by Jonathan Small | get Smartbird Wool Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, aws

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BIRD takes flight: Allbirds pivot to AI company Smartbird is a huge change—that’s good for the stock (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-17 | get Allbirds Smartbird Hoodie → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, nadia carlsten

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AIbirds Was Sitting Right There: Allbirds Changes Name to Smartbird in AI Pivot (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-17 | get Allbirds Smartbird Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, nadia carlsten

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Allbirds continues AI pivot with name change and CEO hire, sending stock soaring (cnbc.com)

2026-06-17 | by Samantha Subin | get Allbirds Sustainable Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, ai infrastructure, nvidia

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Allbirds Names New CEO and Changes Name Again (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-17 | get Allbirds Wool Runners → | tags: allbirds, smartbird, nadia carlsten

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'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | by Aisha Down | get AI Branding Toolkit → | tags: ai washing, allbirds, graphics processing units

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Toilet Maker Spikes in Value as It Flushes Money Into AI (futurism.com)

2026-05-01 | by Victor Tangermann | get Smart Toilet with AI → | tags: toto, semiconductor, allbirds

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This Shoe Company Hit $3.8 Billion in Sales —Here’s How It Plans to Avoid ‘Pitfalls’ That Battered Allbirds (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-27 | by Jonathan Small | get Allbirds Wool Runners → | tags: lightspray, nike, allbirds

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Allbirds is dumping its environmental mission as it pivots to AI (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-22 | get Allbirds Eco-Friendly Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, liza moiseeva, shareholders

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Allbirds' Move To AI Has Echoes of the Dot-Com Frenzy (slashdot.org)

2026-04-20 | get Allbirds Eco-Friendly Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, ai computing infrastructure, zap.com

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Engadget Podcast: Allbirds goes from shoes to AI (engadget.com)

2026-04-17 | get Allbirds Wool Runners → | tags: allbirds, artemis ii, meta

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The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap (theverge.com)

2026-04-17 | by David Pierce | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: allbirds, sam altman, microsoft

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Allbirds Stock Now Crashing as Reality Sets in About Its Delusional AI Pivot (futurism.com)

2026-04-16 | by Victor Tangermann | get Allbirds Eco-Friendly Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, ai infrastructure, newbird ai

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Allbirds stock is already falling after the AI pivot. History suggests investors should proceed with caution (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-16 | get Allbirds Eco-Friendly Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, nasdaq, stock

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S&P 500's all-time high, investigators visit the Fed, Allbirds' rebrand and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-04-16 | by Alex Harring | get S&P 500 Trading Guide → | tags: sp 500, pepsico, jag vasant

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Struggling shoemaker and apparel brand Albird pivots to AI data centers, stock jumps 580% in a single day — sells core business and leveraging $50 million in financing to become a GPU-as-a-Service and AI cloud solutions provider (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-16 | by Jowi Morales | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: allbirds, ai data centers, gpu-as-a-service

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What It Really Means That a Failing Shoe Brand “Pivoted to AI” and Its Stock Soared 700 Percent (futurism.com)

2026-04-16 | by Victor Tangermann | get AI Shoe Manufacturing Kit → | tags: allbirds, ai chips, gpu-as-a-service

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Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot to AI, adds $127 million in value (cnbc.com)

2026-04-15 | by Lola Murti Gabrielle Fonrouge | get Allbirds AI Smart Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, ai compute infrastructure, newbird ai

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From footwear to AI chips: Allbirds’ next move is hard to explain (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds Wool Runners → | tags: allbirds, ai chips, silicon valley

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From wool sneakers to AI chips: Allbirds’ next move is hard to explain (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds Wool Runners → | tags: allbirds, ai chips, silicon valley

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For Its Next Act, Allbirds Makes an Unlikely Pivot From Shoes to AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds Smart Insoles → | tags: allbirds, wool sneakers, $50 million

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Struggling Shoe Retailer Allbirds Pivots To AI, Stock Explodes More Than 700% (slashdot.org)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds Smart Insoles → | tags: allbirds, stock, retail

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Shoe company Allbirds pivots to AI compute in sign of a totally normal and healthy economy (engadget.com)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds Wool Runners → | tags: allbirds, newbird ai, gpu-as-a-service

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Shoe company pivots to AI compute in sign of a totally normal and healthy economy (engadget.com)

2026-04-15 | get AI-powered Smart Shoes → | tags: allbirds, newbird ai, gpu-as-a-service

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Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes more than 700% (cnbc.com)

2026-04-15 | by Lola Murti Gabrielle Fonrouge | get AI-powered Shoe Insoles → | tags: allbirds, ai compute infrastructure, newbird ai

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Allbirds Is Getting Out of the Shoe Business and Pivoting to AI Infrastructure (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds Eco-Friendly Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, newbird ai, ai infrastructure

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Allbirds abandons clothes, pivots to "AI compute infrastructure" (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-15 | get Allbirds AI Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, ai compute infrastructure, gpu-as-a-service

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Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not (wired.com)

2026-04-15 | by Brian Barrett | get Allbirds Eco-Friendly Sneakers → | tags: allbirds, ai compute, gpu assets