The shoe company Allbirds is now an AI company  

Talk about a bizarre turn of events. It sold its shoe business for $43 million, but instead of shutting down like you'd think a company would do when its core business is sold, it instead turned into an AI company.  

You see, the fact it's already listed on the stock exchange makes it valuable as a fast-forward through a lot of hoops and regulation. So Allbirds is now Smartbird, and raised $100 million on the stock market. It just got a CEO and needs to figure out what's next. No employees. No real plan apart from going after the AI infrastructure market.   

 

We have robot vacuum cleaners... what about a robotic self-driving toilet?   

It can come to you! This was unveiled at an expo for elderly and assisted care. It literally looks like a toilet you're used to seeing, but it has wheels in the bottom to drive to you using a suite of lidar and ultrasonic sensors.  

Just like your robot vacuum, it learns your house and how to navigate it. It has a built-in bidet, self-cleans the bowl and even goes back to the bathroom to empty its tank into the real toilet with a robotic arm. Or you can install a plumbing connected docking station. It’s expected to sell for around $4500 USD if/when it passes regulatory checks. 

 

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The shoe company Allbirds is now an AI company &nbsp;
Talk about a bizarre turn of events. It sold its shoe business for $43 million, but instead of shutting down like you'd think a company would do when its core business is sold, it instead turned into an AI company. &nbsp;
You see, the fact it's already listed on the stock exchange makes it valuable as a fast-forward through a lot of hoops and regulation. So Allbirds is now Smartbird, and raised $100 million on the stock market. It just got a CEO and needs to figure out what's next. No employees. No real plan apart from going after the AI infrastructure market. &nbsp;&nbsp;
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We have robot vacuum cleaners... what about a robotic self-driving toilet? &nbsp;&nbsp;
It can come to you! This was unveiled at an expo for elderly and assisted care. It literally looks like a toilet you're used to seeing, but it has wheels in the bottom to drive to you using a suite of lidar and ultrasonic sensors. &nbsp;
Just like your robot vacuum, it learns your house and how to navigate it. It has a built-in bidet, self-cleans the bowl and even goes back to the bathroom to empty its tank into the real toilet with a robotic arm. Or you can install a plumbing connected docking station. It’s expected to sell for around $4500 USD if/when it passes regulatory checks.&nbsp;
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Paul Stenhouse: Allbirds becomes Smartbird and a robotic self-driving toilet

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