<![CDATA[Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI.]]>Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI.

And history will identify this as the high watermark of the first AI era.

The bubble is going to pop.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4c7733ef-bec0-4c3f-abc1-fd01ed4b91a2/allbirds-the-shoe-company-are-pivoting-to-ai.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 15:30:00 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 19:54:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:48:38 GMT]]>@Daojoan every company realizes speculation worth more than entire business. analysts say economy will increase ten billion percent

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/kirakira/statuses/116411158937973213https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/kirakira/statuses/116411158937973213Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:48:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:38:49 GMT]]>@Daojoan It just might be a bubble..."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/thestrangelet/statuses/116411120305432058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/thestrangelet/statuses/116411120305432058Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:38:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:55:44 GMT]]>@Daojoan I remember in the early 90s when the first search engines went public with absolutely no revenue model. Stock went crazy. Suddenly every company had to have "com" in their name.
...filed for bankruptcy in 2001
...acquired by Ask Jeeves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excite_(web_portal)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/footsteps/statuses/116410714974936937https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/footsteps/statuses/116410714974936937Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:55:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:50:58 GMT]]>@Daojoan On the one hand, I can’t imagine how the meetings that lead to that decision went. On the other hand, it would require very sensitive instruments to measure how much I actually care.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/ndw/statuses/116410696257413731https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/ndw/statuses/116410696257413731Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:50:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:38:12 GMT]]>@hashraydamon @Daojoan This precedent bodes well since it means the bubble is getting closer to pop.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/Vorador/statuses/116410646033486644https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/Vorador/statuses/116410646033486644Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:38:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:35:21 GMT]]>@Daojoan I think I'm going to be sick...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/n_to/statuses/116410634817586547https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/n_to/statuses/116410634817586547Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:35:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:18:39 GMT]]>@Daojoan@mastodon.social That is, as if Vodafone changed its name to D2 Mannesmann.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://no-pony.farm/users/Life_is/statuses/116410569170915820https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://no-pony.farm/users/Life_is/statuses/116410569170915820Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:18:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:08:03 GMT]]>@Daojoan there is good precedent

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Iced tea company rebrands as “Long Blockchain” and stock price triples

Blockchain technologies are creating a fundamental paradigm shift," company says.

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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://me.dm/users/hashraydamon/statuses/116410527511700223https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://me.dm/users/hashraydamon/statuses/116410527511700223Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:08:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:58:19 GMT]]>@Daojoan

Presumably they were on the verge of insolvency and needed a Hail Mary.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/stuartyeates/statuses/116410489241413780https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/stuartyeates/statuses/116410489241413780Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:58:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:55:04 GMT]]>@Daojoan that's... incredible

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/pikesley/statuses/116410476432085145https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/pikesley/statuses/116410476432085145Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:55:04 GMT