Allbirds Stock News

Blackbird PLC (AIM:BIRD), the technology licensor and developer of cloud-native video editing platform Blackbird and collaborative editing platform elevate.io, saw its shares rise almost 5% to 1.15p early Thursday. The shares were up 0.05p from Wednesday's close of 1.10p.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smartbird, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIRD), an AI infrastructure provider, has issued the following letter from Nadia Carlsten, CEO: A New Beginning Smartbird has a rare opportunity to build a new company at the start of a major infrastructure transition.

MKS Instruments director and former AWS executive to expand AI infrastructure firm's stewardship MKS Instruments director and former AWS executive to expand AI infrastructure firm's stewardship

When Allbirds pivoted to AI in April, it felt like a joke from Silicon Valley breaking free of the TV: The direct-to-consumer shoe purveyor whose flimsy kicks helped define what we'll loosely call Silicon Valley style had discovered a new trend to chase.

From shoes to AI to . . . Smartbird?

Allbirds completed its transformation from a footwear company into an artificial intelligence infrastructure provider on Wednesday, changing its name to Smartbird and appointing former Amazon executive Nadia Carlsten as chief executive officer. The announcement sent shares of the company, which continues to trade under the ticker BIRD, sharply higher.

Allbirds began as a footwear manufacturer whose wool sneakers surged in popularity with San Francisco's tech workers and executives a decade ago. The company was valued at $4 billion after an IPO in November 2021, but sales began falling during the pandemic.

Allbirds on Wednesday rebranded to Smartbird and announced Nadia Carlsten as its new CEO. In April, the company changed its name to NewBird AI and shifted from making shoes to Ai compute infrastructure.