Allbirds shares soar 600% as it pivots from footwear to AI(www.cnn.com)
20 pointsby samsolomon3 hours ago4 comments
  • FireBeyonda minute ago
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  • james-clef2 hours ago
    What a pivot. I was thinking their investors may have some questions, thinking they were getting into sneakers and then finding that position is actually an investment in AI. Not good if you were trying to diversify but the 600% gain probably softens that for now.

    Kind of reminds me of the dot com bubble stories though. 600% increase on what seems to be a plan at this time.

    • anonym00se110 minutes ago
      Reminds me of this: https://i.imgur.com/CQr1WOM.png
    • svnt2 hours ago
      They sold everything of value they had for $39 million to buy and rent out GPUs and now are somehow worth four times that.

      Anyone with $40 million worth of something and a shell company can do the same thing.

      • spindump8930an hour ago
        Not clear that they even have any GPUs yet:

        > Allbirds, which will be renamed “NewBird AI,” said it executed a $50 million deal with an unnamed institutional investor to acquire “high-performance GPU assets” to begin transitioning into a “fully integrated GPU-as-a-Service”

        Serious folks know it's not straightforward to suddenly get any number of GPUs these days, even at that level of money

      • peytonan hour ago
        Anyone with a shell company listed on NASDAQ I guess. That part’s probably pretty important.
  • beardywan hour ago
    Earlier today Jack made a dramatic pivot from cow to magic beans. Later we have an interview with his mother.