Airbnb’s CEO Says AI Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to His Company. Here’s Why

Brian Chesky made a bold claim at Goldman Sachs this week, comparing AI to electricity and calling it the best thing to ever happen to Airbnb. The real question is whether his numbers actually back...

24/7 Wall St.·Sep 13

Airbnb’s CEO says nobody builds AI for normal people. He is on Y Combinator’s board

Brian Chesky says the consumer AI gap is why Americans dislike AI. His own number: 159 of 175 Y Combinator startups were enterprise.

The Next Web·Aug 14

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says there's one thing Silicon Valley needs to do to change Americans' minds on AI

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said it's in Silicon Valley's best interest to change Americans' minds about AI. He has an idea how to do it.

Insider·Aug 12

Airbnb’s Brian Chesky Is Creating an AI Lab

Is Brian Chesky development of a new AI Lab outside of Airbnb an acknowledgement that building AI capabilities within Airbnb hasn't been up to par? Or are some tech developments like AI too large to...

Skift·Jul 18

Why Chesky Is Building His AI Lab Outside Airbnb

Brian Chesky is building a separate AI lab, funded personally and with outside investors, to pursue AI model development outside Airbnb’s financial constraints.

Skift·Jun 17

Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab

The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn't struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren't quite ready.

TechCrunch AI·Jun 4

Humans need to 'surf the wave' of AI rather than get swallowed by it, Chesky says at Communacopia

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen are set to speak at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference.

CNBC·Sep 10

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns two types of people won’t survive the AI era: ‘pure people managers’ and workers who resist change

Yahoo Tech·Aug 14

Chesky says Airbnb will spend ‘a lot more’ on AI as earnings beat and stock surges 15%

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wasn’t sure AI would help the company, but a year later, he says it’s the reason growth is back.

CNBC on MSN·Aug 7

AI will wipe out an entire layer of managers, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky warns

Artificial intelligence is no longer just changing how people work it could also change who gets to manage the work. Speaking on the Invest Like The Best podcast, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said one ...

MSN·Jul 18

Airbnb’s CEO is reportedly building a new AI lab—and it has nothing to do with the rental company

Brian Chesky will remain in his leadership role at Airbnb even as he pursues this new secret venture. A co-founder of Airbnb is dipping his toes into the world of artificial intelligence. Brian...

MSN·Jun 6

Airbnb's Chesky launches AI venture to develop more robust travel chatbot -- report

Airbnb (ABNB) CEO Brian Chesky is expanding his ambitions and getting into the AI business with a new artificial intelligence lab to develop AI models and user interaction and design, sources...

MSN·Jun 4

"AI has not changed the world, not even come close!"

The consumer AI revolution hasn't begin properly, argues Chesky, but he remains bullish on the tech despite some scathing assessments of some common pre-conceptions.

diginomica·Sep 10

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says AI writes 60% of its code—and sustaining ‘founder mode’ is the key to winning in the age of AI

Brian Chesky says he treats the $110 billion home-rental giant like a small startup.

Fortune on MSN·Aug 14

‘AI is the best thing to ever happen to Airbnb’: Chesky raises the forecast again

Airbnb beat Q2 estimates and raised its full-year outlook a second time, revenue up 17% to $3.6bn. CEO Brian Chesky credited an AI-native rebuild.

The Next Web·Aug 7

Airbnb CEO says X account was hacked, attacker posted AI-slop on tokenization

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said his X account was hacked, and the attacker posted about tokenized real-world assets. The posts, which discussed the benefits of tokenization for assets like buildings and...

CoinDesk·Jul 16

Airbnb’s Brian Chesky Passed on OpenAI — Now He’s Quietly Building His Own AI Company

The Airbnb founder has said AI chatbots aren't robust enough for the travel industry. So he's building a company to deliver what he needs.

Entrepreneur·Jun 5

Why Airbnb is using Chinese AI despite US warnings? CEO responds

The News International·May 21