Trainer maker Allbirds, which sold last week for 39M after its valuation fell from 4B in 2021, says it aims to become an AI compute provider; BIRD jumps 150%+ (Bryce Elder/Financial Times)

Bryce Elder / Financial Times: Trainer maker Allbirds, which sold last week for 39M after its valuation fell from 4B in 2021, says it aims to become an AI compute provider; BIRD jumps 150%+ — Ah, zeitgeist: — Allbirds is a San Francisco maker of wool trainers that was once valued at more than $4bn.

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Intel added 100B+ in value and now has a 300B+ market cap after its stock jumped 53% in nine sessions on plans to buy an Ireland fab and join Terafab (Bloomberg)
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Source: Techmeme | 2026-04-15

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