Allbirds, the sustainable footwear brand, is rebranding to Smartbird as part of a pivot into artificial intelligence. According to io9, the company's new CEO Nadia Carlsten expressed confidence that "in a few months, people won't even remember the shoes"—a striking statement about deprioritizing the business that built the company.

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