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Allbirds is selling for $39M. It raised nearly 10 times that amount in its IPO. | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Allbirds, the wool sneaker brand that became a kind of unofficial uniform for the Silicon Valley set, has agreed to sell all of its assets and intellectual property to American Exchange Group for $39 million — which is roughly one-tenth of the $348 million it raised in its 2021 IPO and a fraction of the more than $4 billion valuation it briefly commanded on its first day of trading. The deal still needs shareholder approval and is expected to close in the second quarter, with proceeds distributed to stockholders sometime in the third quarter. Shares jumped 36% on the news in after-hours trading. The stock had closed Monday at $2.98, giving the company a market cap of $24.5 million — meaning the $39 million sale price actually represented a premium to where shares were already trading. The 11-year-old brand’s fall has been well-documented. After going public, Allbirds expanded aggressively into physical retail and adjacent product categories — leggings, jackets, performance running

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Allbirds goes soleless and pivots to AI

In this modern era where seemingly every tech company is defined by its relationship with AI (or lack thereof), Allbirds has made perhaps the most 180-degree corporate pivot we've ever seen. In case you're unfamiliar, Allbirds was a…

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Allbirds goes soleless and pivots to AI

In this modern era where seemingly every tech company is defined by its relationship with AI (or lack thereof), Allbirds has made perhaps the most 180-degree corporate pivot we've ever seen. In case you're unfamiliar,…

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Allbirds Is Getting Out of the Shoe Business and Pivoting to AI Infrastructure

Allbirds rose to prominence selling sustainable Merino wool sneakers that became the signature uniform of the Silicon Valley tech crowd in the late 2010s before rapidly losing popularity on the heels of its 2021 IPO.…

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Allbirds is selling for $39M. It raised nearly 10 times that amount in its IPO. | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Allbirds, the…

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In this modern era where seemingly every tech company is defined by its relationship with AI (or lack thereof), Allbirds has made perhaps the most 180-degree corporate pivot we've ever seen. In case you're unfamiliar, Allbirds was a…

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T2 · Outlet reportGizmodoApr 15, 2026

Allbirds rose to prominence selling sustainable Merino wool sneakers that became the signature uniform of the Silicon Valley tech crowd in the late 2010s before rapidly losing popularity on the heels of its 2021 IPO. Faced with possible…

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Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Allbirds, the wool sneaker brand…

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