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NewBird AI’s newest investor is ‘flipping the bird’

ANALYSIS: Old birds, new tricks – and the five-fold investment return at the company formerly known as Allbirds.

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Prithvi Sharma Tue, 12 May 2026
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They say a tiger cannot change its stripes. Such restrictions need not apply to birds it seems, or at least not to publicly listed ones. With its shares having fallen in value by more than 90% from its 2021 IPO price, those who still owned Allbirds shares could be forgiven for likening the

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Prithvi Sharma Tue, 12 May 2026
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