A Kiwi company is flipping the bird, pivoting from making environmentally friendly wool shoes to AI. 

After years of losses, Allbirds sold all its assets this month and now plans to lease GPUs – chips used to train AI software. 

It's revised its moniker to NewBirds AI. 

Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to talk about the rise and fall of the company. 

LISTEN ABOVE 

A Kiwi company is flipping the bird, pivoting from making environmentally friendly wool shoes to AI.&nbsp;
After years of losses, Allbirds sold all its assets this month and now plans to lease GPUs – chips used to train AI software.&nbsp;
It's revised its moniker to NewBirds AI.&nbsp;
Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to talk about the rise and fall of the company.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

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Best of Business is the home of all things business at Newstalk ZB, from morning market updates right through to incisive interviews with New Zealand’s top business leaders and decision makers.

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Kevin Milne: The rise and fall of Allbirds

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