Ethan Mollick@emollick · XAI 摘要
市场对追逐热门趋势的公司反应积极，即使其原有业务无关。例如，Kodak在2018年宣布涉足加密货币后股价飙升；Zapata在1998年更名ZAP.com后作为互联网股票成功IPO。近期，Allbirds宣布获得5000万美元可转换融资，计划将业务转向AI计算基础设施，并更名为“NewBird AI”，目标是成为GPUaaS和AI原生云解决方案提供商，延续了这一市场模式。
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In 2018， Kodak said out of nowhere that it was a crypto company and its stock shot up
In 1998， Zapata （an oil firm founded by the Bushes that became a fish meal company） shortened its name to http://ZAP.com &； IPO'ed as an Internet stock
From the Allbirds release: 'Allbirds, Inc. today announced the execution of a definitive agreement with an institutional investor for a $50 million convertible ...