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Allbirds rebranded as Smartbird and picked A new CEO.

What happened

Allbirds, Inc. hires Nadia Carlsten as CEO.

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Allbirds rebranded as Smartbird and picked A new CEO. Reuters said the ex-sneaker maker's AI infrastructure pivot now includes AWS veteran Nadia Carlsten, plus $100 million in expanded convertible financing. about 1 hour ago - 2 mins What's going on here? Allbirds has rebranded as Smartbird, hired former Amazon Web Services executive Nadia Carlsten as CEO, and expanded its convertible financing to $100 million as it pivots into AI infrastructure, Reuters reported. What does this mean? This rebrand is really the capstone on a full business reset. After shutting most of its stores and selling its brand and footwear assets to American Exchange Group for $39 million in March, the company said in April it would focus on renting out cloud computing power and AI services, a move that Reuters said helped drive a more than five-fold share jump. Smartbird's plan is to offer "AI infrastructure as a managed service" - mea...

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Nadia CarlstenCEO

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People

  • Nadia CarlstenCEO · Named in the story

Details

Ticker
NASDAQ:BIRD

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • directors

Extraction

Confidence
71%
Detected
Jun 17, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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