Yahoo Finance • 28 days ago

Former Allbirds CEO Joe Vernachio Joins Sorel as President

Just hours after Allbirds announced its official name change and the exit of former chief executive officer Joe Vernachio from the now AI-focused company, the executive has landed in a new role. Late on Wednesday, Columbia Sportswear Comp... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 28 days ago

Trump Loves the Stock Market but Rally Needs More Than Iran Bump. And 5 Other Things to Know Today.

Warsh kills Fed guidance but the signs are clear on rates, peace deal leaves big questions over Hormuz and oil Continue Reading... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 28 days ago

AI Weekly: sneakers and SpaceX fuel AI investment frenzy

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Yahoo Finance • 29 days ago

Allbirds stock takes flight after announcing new CEO and name change

Allbirds is clipping its wings — again. The San Francisco company announced Wednesday it will be changing its name to Smartbird and naming a new chief executive to lead its pivot from an eco-friendly shoe company to an AI startup. The co... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 29 days ago

Allbirds stock surges over 30% after company rebrands to Smartbird, appoints AWS exec as CEO

What happened: Allbirds (BIRD) stock is up more than 30% on Wednesday as it continues its pivot from a sustainable sneaker business to an artificial intelligence company. What's behind the move: The company announced aname change to Smart... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Some short sellers are seeing opportunity in this tech mania. How they're spotting fake AI stocks

Short sellers are increasingly hunting for cracks beneath the stock market's artificial-intelligence frenzy, betting that some of the speculative excesses, copycat "AI" branding and vulnerable legacy business models could eventually unrave... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Allbirds Is Now an AI Company, and That Should Strike Fear Into Anyone Investing in Its Competition

Silicon Valley may have abandoned its favorite shoe company, but Allbirds(NASDAQ: BIRD) isn't abandoning Silicon Valley. The venture-capital-backed direct-to-consumer shoe company was once worth $4 billion. In March, the company sold its s... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Apple's CEOs, Intel & AI, and Another SaaSpocalype

In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Motley Fool contributors Travis Hoium and Lou Whiteman, and Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser discuss: The Jobs/Cook era at Apple.Intel & AI.SaaSpocalype 3.0.Value or falling knife stocks. To catch ful... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

ReelTime’s Reel Intelligence “RI” Launches Worlds Most Advanced Image Generation System, Expanding Its Multi-Modal Intelligence Platform Lead Over Legacy AI

RI’s Distributed, Infrastructure-Light Architecture Signals a Break from Traditional AI Models as Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Palantir (PLTR), OpenAI, Allbirds (BIRD), Anthropic, xAI, and Luma... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Risky meme trading is back. A trading rule change may have lit the fuse

Retail traders are diving back into some of the market's most speculative corners, with a regulatory shift removing barriers to rapid-fire trading and helping revive the kind of meme-stock frenzy that has historically delivered sharp gains... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Allbirds Is Becoming 'NewBird AI' — Is This the Wildest Pivot Yet?

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Allbirds (NASDAQ:BIRD) is no longer a shoe company. The San Francisco-based brand, once known for its sustainable wool sneakers, is maki... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Markets Hit Highs But Risks Linger

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. S&P 500 (SP500) pushed to fresh highs this week, rising 4.5% as improving headlines out of the Middle East gave markets a reason to lean bullish again. The momentum was strong across the board. T... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Trending stocks this week as markets hit new highs while Middle East tensions persist

[Wall street sign in New York with New York Stock Exchange background] naphtalina/iStock via Getty Images Wall Street’s major averages posted big weekly gains, surging to new highs for three consecutive trading days, as positive developme... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

S&P 500 at 7,000: 7 investing rules you must now live by

This is The Takeaway from today's Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: What we're watching What we're reading Economic data releases and earnings It was a tale of two weeks for yours tru... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

2 Things to Know About the Allbirds Pivot Into AI

It'll be one of the most bizarre headlines you'll read in 2026. Allbirds (NASDAQ: BIRD), the eco-friendly sneaker brand once valued at more than $4 billion, announced it is leaving the shoe business entirely and making a full pivot into ar... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Jim Cramer on NVIDIA: “When It Comes to GPUs and Service, I Want to Go With Jensen”

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was among Jim Cramer’s stock calls, as he discussed the rising market speculation. Noting that the company’s CEO has a “real sense of the industry,” Mad Money’s host said: Wait a second, I got a better ide... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Jim Cramer Says “Go Buy AMD and Intel Like Everyone Else” During CPU Supply Shortage

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) was among Jim Cramer’s stock calls, as he discussed the rising market speculation. Cramer said that investors should buy companies like AMD when CPUs “are in short supply.” Seriously, you want exp... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Jim Cramer Says “Allbirds (BIRD) Wasn’t Even a Successful Shoe Company”

Allbirds, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIRD) was among Jim Cramer’s stock calls, as he discussed the rising market speculation. Cramer made a note of the stock’s gigantic recent rally, as he said: Why am I so adamant that speculation is getting out of co... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

What the Allbirds 'Hail Mary' says about the AI trade right now

Allbirds' (BIRD) surprising pivot to artificial intelligence this past week provided yet another reminder that the AI hype is real. On Wednesday, the sustainable sneaker company once known for making Silicon Valley's go-to shoe announced... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 months ago

Allbirds stock gains 350% this week as shoemaker pivots to AI

Allbirds (BIRD) stock fell on Friday, capping a roller-coaster week for the company following its announcement that it's shifting from a sustainable sneaker business to an artificial intelligence company. On Wednesday, the stock soared ne... Full story