Shoe company Allbirds pivots to AI — and the stock goes up 580% (pivot-to-ai.com)

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https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260416-shoe-company-pivots-to-ai-stock-goes-up-580 - podcast

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[-] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

It's just financialization, like Boeing has been doing for decades. The only real product is stock trading and shareholding for the sake of stock trading and shareholding.

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