Allbirds stock surges over 30% after company rebrands to Smartbird, appoints AWS exec as CEO
Key takeaways
- What s behind the move: The company announced a name change to Smartbird on Wednesday and tapped former Amazon Web Services executive Nadia Carlsten as CEO, who also joined the company s board of directors.
- Carlsten previously served as the head of Product for AWS Center for Quantum Computing.
- What else you need to know: In April, Allbirds surprised Wall Street by announcing that it would pivot from being a sustainable sneaker company to an artificial intelligence company.
Allbirds stock surges over 30% after company rebrands to Smartbird, appoints AWS exec as CEO Brooke Di Palma · Senior Reporter Wed, June 17, 2026 at 10:52 PM GMT+7 2 min read BIRD GOOG SAAQ.PVT 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 a name change to Smartbird on Wednesday and tapped former Amazon Web Services executive Nadia Carlsten as CEO, who also joined the company s board of directors.
Carlsten previously served as the head of Product for AWS Center for Quantum Computing. She has also served as CEO of another AI infrastructure company, DCAI, and the Google spin-off SandboxAQ.