Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system

Airbnb rolled out its new AI-powered search this week as part of its fall update, a significant step for a company that has been slow and deliberate about AI. Co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky has said...

TechCrunch·Oct 1

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

Brian Chesky says regular people do not like AI, and that the industry built it that way. His evidence for the consumer AI gap is a number he has a vote on: 159 of the last 175 Y Combinator startups...

thenextweb.com·Aug 14

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s advice to workers scared of AI: You’re just confusing your job with the tools you use to do it

Fortune·Apr 1

Brian Chesky says AI helped him solve a problem many CEOs face: not knowing ‘what the hell's going on in our companies’

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said he used AI to build a "brain" that lets him track what's happening inside the company while cutting his meetings in half.

Business Insider on MSN·Sep 23

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

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said AI is helping in every part of the business and he's ready to spend more on tokens. Chesky said the AI gains are measurable, helping Airbnb attract more bookings, making...

CNBC·Aug 7

Amazon puts humans further back in the loop as its retail website crashes from 'inaccurate advice' that an AI agent took from an old wiki

Fortune·Mar 12

Brian Chesky Commits to Launching an AI Agent in 2027

Airbnb has talked for years about becoming an AI concierge. Now Brian Chesky has put a 2027 date on it — and he says the interface won’t look like a typical chatbot. Airbnb will launch its own AI ...

Skift·Sep 23

Why Chesky Is Building His AI Lab Outside Airbnb

The smartest read of Chesky’s AI lab is that he learned the exact lesson of Meta’s metaverse: if you’re going to make a bet the market will punish, don’t make it where the market can see it. Every ...

Skift·Jun 17

MIT report: AI can already replace nearly 12% of the U.S. workforce

Fortune·Nov 27