Allbirds sold its shoe business for $39M and rebranded as NewBird AI, a GPU-as-a-Service and AI cloud solutions provider, backed by $50M convertible financing. The company retained its NASDAQ shell (ticker BIRD) to access the hot AI sector. The pivot mirrors 2017's Long Island Iced Tea blockchain pivot, which surged 275% then faced delisting—execution risk is high.
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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
Allbirds rebrands as NewBird AI with $50M funding to offer GPU-as-a-Service, exploiting its NASDAQ shell to pivot from footwear into AI infrastructure—a high-risk sector-chasing move.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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