5 Things To Know As Allbirds Drops Shoes For Smartbird, AI And New CEO
Smartbird, Inc., formerly known as Allbirds, has pivoted from footwear to become an AI infrastructure provider. The company, now led by CEO Nadia Carlsten, aims to serve the enterprise mid-market by offering dedicated, managed private cloud solutions for AI. This strategic shift, backed by over $100 million in capital, focuses on providing AI infrastructure as a core capability for organizations that need scalable AI but prefer not to manage the underlying hardware. AI
IMPACT Signals a trend of established companies pivoting to AI infrastructure to capture value beyond foundation models.