How Allbirds’ pivot from shoes to AI sent its market value soaring

Modern Ghana·4d ago

Allbirds Declares Special Dividend From Footwear Business Sale

On August 6, 2026, Smartbird, Inc.’s board declared a special dividend of $0.31 per share of common stock, funded by the proceeds from the sale of its footwear business, payable to stockholders of ...

The Globe and Mail·Aug 11

Allbirds Just Sold Its Shoes for $39 Million and Rebranded as NewBird AI: The Most 2026 Pivot Ever?

quasa.io·Jul 26

BIRD Stock Soars 650% As Footwear Maker Reinvents Itself As AI Cloud Firm

Stocktwits·Jun 26

The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan. Now she needs a “brand-new team”

TechCrunch·Jun 19

Smartbird (BIRD) Stock Soars 39% After Complete AI Infrastructure Transformation

Smartbird (BIRD) stock jumped 39% after rebranding from Allbirds, selling footwear assets for $39M, and naming new CEO to drive AI infrastructure strategy.

Blockonomi·Jun 18

BIRD Stock To Finally Take Flight? Allbirds Rebrands To Smartbird To Double Down On AI Pivot, Ignites Retail Optimism

Stocktwits·Sep 1

Allbirds Ditches Sneakers and Pivots to AI Computing - Is BIRD Stock Still Worth Buying After a 600% Surge?

TradingKey·Aug 8

'Peak silliness': Here's what investing pros think of Allbirds' pivot from shoes to AI

AOL.com·Jul 9

Allbirds Appoints New CEO, Changes Name Again Amid Shift to AI

After pivoting to become an AI company in April, former shoe brand Allbirds on June 17 announced another name change to become “Smartbird” and appointed a new president and CEO, Nadia Carlsten. The...

theepochtimes·Jun 19

The CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan, but no employees

Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.

TechCrunch on MSN·Jun 19

Allbirds changes name to Smartbird, pivots to AI infrastructure with new CEO

Jeremy C. Owens, Editor-in-Chief - San Francisco Business Times Jun 18, 2026, 8:32am EDT Smartbird Inc. Smartbird Inc. named Nadia Carlsten as its new CEO on Wednesday, and she told the Business...

The Business Journals·Jun 18

GoPro Pulls An Allbirds As It Trades Cameras For AI

A decade ago, if you said GoPro was the Allbirds of the action sports world, it would've been a compliment to both the action-sports camera company and the one hawking sustainable sneakers. But in ...

Yahoo Finance·Sep 1

Allbirds Inc (BIRD) Stock Analysis & Forecast

TradingKey·Aug 8

ChatGPT Reveals Why Allbirds' Stock Soared After Allbird Became an AI Company

Why would investors flock to a company that pivoted from making wool shoes for Silicon Valley tech bros to AI infrastructure so suddenly?

AOL·Jul 7

Allbirds exposes a new test for the AI trade

Allbirds is not big enough to define the artificial intelligence market. That’s exactly why investors need to pay attention. The sneaker maker’s transition into Smartbird (BIRD) is more than just ...

AOL·Jun 19

Allbirds Used to Make Viral Wool Sneakers. Now It’s an AI Company Called ‘Smartbird.’

The company behind the once-viral wool sneaker sold off the shoe brand entirely, changed its name and has become an AI service.

Yahoo Finance·Jun 18

Allbirds Is Now Smartbird. Why the Stock Climbed 39%.

Barron's·Jun 17