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Kevin Milne: The rise and fall of Allbirds

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 18 Apr 2026, 2:03pm
(Photo / Dean Purcell)
(Photo / Dean Purcell)

Kevin Milne: The rise and fall of Allbirds

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 18 Apr 2026, 2:03pm

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. 

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