Allbirds rebrands to Smartbird; hires ex-AWS executive as new CEO in AI pivot |
Allbirds Inc. has officially changed its name to Smartbird Inc. as part of a complete corporate pivot from sustainable footwear into an artificial intelligence infrastructure provider
The shoe brand company changed its name to Smartbird on Wednesday and appointed former Amazon Web Servies executive Nadia Carlsten as president and CEO, cementing the former footwear maker's pivot to an AI infrastructure firm.
The company had said in April it was shifting its focus to offer cloud computing capacity and AI services, leading to a more than five-fold surge in its shares.
Carlsten brings AI and quantum........