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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

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Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 · 2:24PM
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Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.

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