Allbirds announces stunning pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes more than 300%

dat_tae · 2026-04-15T14:19:03+00:00

The Company will initially seek to acquire high-performance, low-latency AI compute hardware...

Famously easy and cheap to get right now.

Fmarulezkd · 2026-04-15T13:59:07+00:00

Designing a shoe is pretty much the same as designing a data center, so that's a solid pivot.

pmd006 · 2026-04-15T13:59:44+00:00

Back in my day if you wanted your stock to explode overnight you just slipped the word "blockchain" into your latest earnings report.

Gnaightster · 2026-04-15T14:04:53+00:00

We live in the dumbest timeline

Glum_Avocado_9511 · 2026-04-15T14:14:39+00:00

Failed shoe startup announces pivot to AI infrastructure and their stock quadruples instantly? Very normal and cool.

eastcoasternj · 2026-04-15T14:14:55+00:00

The stock market is an absolute joke.

ElGuano · 2026-04-15T14:15:50+00:00

This is like when Kodak announced a shift from film to crypto.

AlkaiserSoze · 2026-04-15T14:17:15+00:00

Allbirds made some really nice shoes that were completely recyclable. That was a wonderful product. Now they're doing AI. Which wastes resources.

avogadro23 · 2026-04-15T14:23:12+00:00

What’s even more nuts is that Allbirds has always touted how environmentally friendly their shoes are. Now they’re going to be in one of the least environmentally friendly industries.

nankerjphelge · 2026-04-15T14:09:51+00:00

Easiest short ever.

Manpooper · 2026-04-15T14:09:59+00:00

This is totally normal. It's not a bubble. *sticks head in sand*

2026-04-15T14:04:04+00:00

This timeline blows.

MustWarn0thers · 2026-04-15T14:15:39+00:00

Buying compute resources and leasing them, wow what a unique and groundbreaking business model!

The wall street geniuses are blown away and can't pass up this opportunity.

IceBearKnows89 · 2026-04-15T14:23:55+00:00

It’s a giant bubble.

I’m in Oregon and a medium sized distillery here just did this.

Yup, pivoted directly from distilled spirits to crypto and AI. They still have the same employees. I swung by before they closed and the employees had no idea what their jobs were anymore. They were brewers, who now worked for a crypto/AI company?

Website is all nonsense and buzzwords. I get that it feels like the future/get rich quick scheme. The vast majority of these ventures are going to fail and fail hard.

Everyone can’t get into AI, there has to be some other parts of the economy left.

elmatador12 · 2026-04-15T14:16:14+00:00

I’m pivoting to AI too. Can I have money please?

7screws · 2026-04-15T14:20:08+00:00

How is this not an Onion article…

RepresentativeCod757 · 2026-04-15T14:11:01+00:00

Excuse me what the fuck

no_id_never · 2026-04-15T14:03:34+00:00

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TheRatingsAgency · 2026-04-15T14:18:57+00:00

300% - good grief this AI stuff is ridiculous

Drach88 · 2026-04-15T14:20:04+00:00

This is reminiscent of the late 90s in which companies simply added ".com" to their business name and saw their stock price shoot up speculatively.

RedHawwk · 2026-04-15T14:49:29+00:00

I DECLARE AI

NBAFAN9000 · 2026-04-15T14:08:21+00:00

Why make shoe when AI do trick

m64 · 2026-04-15T14:13:17+00:00

This is the Long Blockchain Corp. moment for AI.

Far-Anywhere-2251 · 2026-04-15T15:26:58+00:00

they've sold their sole...

Urass007 · 2026-04-15T14:20:44+00:00

I thought Sora bombing would mean that investors would be cautious about AI and the bubble would begin to burst.

Guess fucking not.. at least the first part. It will still burst.

rogerwilcove · 2026-04-15T14:20:38+00:00

But won’t even commit to changing the name to AIbirds

ARealRain · 2026-04-15T14:38:41+00:00

Went from creating shoes to creating shorts.

tlh013091 · 2026-04-15T14:04:10+00:00

I mean, they’re a little late, aren’t they?

Doctor_Amazo · 2026-04-15T14:23:43+00:00

Nothing highlights that AI is all bubble than this.

Investors are stupid.

The market needs better regulation.

fightin_blue_hens · 2026-04-15T14:30:51+00:00

VCs are the dumbest people on earth

LookAnOwl · 2026-04-15T14:30:25+00:00

A bunch of shoe designers just sitting there at an empty Claude Code terminal.

EA827 · 2026-04-15T14:21:20+00:00

In other news I am now pivoting from being a loser to being and AI loser. Please pay me.

Will2LiveFading · 2026-04-15T14:26:26+00:00

The old pump and dump. Seems to be incredibly effective too. I fear the lack of foresight and intelligence in this country, hell the world.

donac · 2026-04-15T14:37:47+00:00

I'm thinking we all died during the pandemic, and now were in The Bad Place. Sigh.

DrapedInVelvet · 2026-04-15T14:51:37+00:00

Fun fact: watch it just be a shoe deal with Allen Iverson.

Stock crashes tomorrow.

adamcmorrison · 2026-04-15T14:00:35+00:00

Didnt it used to be hundreds of dollars?

StillSwaying · 2026-04-15T14:16:38+00:00

AI my ass.

They’re going to give up all of their customer data.

That should be pretty juicy considering the kind of people who bought their shoes.

Effective-Method7485 · 2026-04-15T14:11:50+00:00

I wish I was smart enough to know how to short stocks

AvailableReporter484 · 2026-04-15T14:16:37+00:00

Anyone else love that our entire global economy is completely reliant on a bubble? This shit rocks tbh

the68thdimension · 2026-04-15T14:19:06+00:00

That is absolutely bizarre. What the absolute hell. Surely that's got to be a pump and dump?

PTS_Dreaming · 2026-04-15T14:27:28+00:00

The modern US economy is all built upon a ponzi scheme.

Hell, Epstein, in pushing crypto 10 years ago, admits in writing (email) that it's a ponzi scheme.

Once this tech bubble crashes, we're all going to be better off.

GryphonCough · 2026-04-15T14:51:20+00:00

The investor class is so fucking stupid.

thenewguyonreddit · 2026-04-15T14:09:53+00:00

Nike CEOs hate this one weird trick!

frigginjensen · 2026-04-15T14:54:13+00:00

New Pets.com

polar_nopposite · 2026-04-15T15:01:40+00:00

I would like to announce that I too, u/polar_nopposite, am pivoting to building AI datacenters. If you are VC please note the tip jar below.

2026-04-15T14:35:33+00:00

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fraize · 2026-04-15T14:28:28+00:00

Remember when every business was trying to be the Netflix of {insert-unrelated-industry-here}?

And when they were trying to become the Uber of {insert-unrelated-industry-here}?

And when every business was furiously trying to integrate the block-chain into their models?

...and every VC lapped it up, not because they thought each was a good pivot – but because they thought somebody else would think it was a good idea and they'd better buy in or FOMO.

The asteroid can't come soon enough. We're cooked.


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