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Allbirds shares spiked on chatter of a radical pivot from shoes to an unproven GPU cloud venture.
Investors face major uncertainty until SEC filings clarify any sale, new strategy, or leadership.
A once-troubled footwear stock may be reinventing itself as an AI infrastructure play, chasing the GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS) boom and sparking wild trading swings. Watch the video below to see why this dramatic pivot has investors both intrigued and wary.
*This video was published on April 20, 2026.
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