The Petersburg Post

Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 - In November, Allbirds told shareholders it was on the brink of insolvency. Transforming the shoe company into an AI compute company is its last-ditch plan. Allbirds, which intends to change its name to NewBird AI, currently lacks the money, the physical assets, the expertise, and the relationships it will need to compete in an increasingly crowded space, AI industry insiders say. Allbirds last month said it had ...

Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 - Visual communication platform provider  Canva Pty Ltd.  today unveiled Canva AI 2.0, an overhaul of its platform that offers a conversational, agentic system aimed at becoming the place where teams start and end their workday. The release, announced at the company's Canva Create event in Los Angeles, is being pitched as Canva's biggest shift since its 2013 launch, when it moved design from desktop ...