Image Credit: Gado via Getty Images Allbirds, the upper-class Millennial-favored shoe company, announced its pivot to AI. In yet another eyebrow-raising company change to artificial intelligence, the footwear brand's stock soared after the announcement. But will it still sell shoes, or is the company abandoning its original product altogether? Back in 2019, at a German "Bits & Pretzels" tech conference, Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger spoke about the company's purpose and its initial mission, per Gizmodo.