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Allbirds Ditches Shoes for AI: The Desperate Pivot Wall Street Loves
From wool sneakers to GPU rentals overnight—Allbirds' rebrand to NewBird AI sends shares soaring 600%. A bold survival bet on AI hype or recipe for disaster?

Allbirds Ditches Shoes for AI: The Desperate Pivot Wall Street Loves
Imagine kicking off your comfy wool sneakers only to step into a server farm full of humming GPUs. That's the audacious leap Allbirds just took, ditching its entire footwear legacy to chase the AI gold rush. Once a Silicon Valley poster child for sustainable fashion, the company—now rebranded NewBird AI—saw its stock explode by over 500% in a day. But is this genius reinvention or just the latest meme-stock mirage in the AI...
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