Interview: Airbnb CEO On How Its Service Will Radically Change With AI, By Next Year
Photo Caption: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talked about its new product launches in New York City on May 2, 2023. Source: Skift
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The AI-driven Airbnb is coming, so watch its trajectory of launches later this year and mid next year. Chesky promises it will be a whole different service by next year.
Airbnb is at the cusp of the revolution happening in artificial intelligence, not only because its roots are in the Silicon Valley tech ecosystem, but also since there is a close connection between CEO and Co-founder Brian Chesky and OpenAI Founder and CEO Sam Altman.
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But, it hasn't announced or launched anything yet, even as it has announced a slew of new product enhancements and launches at its annual May product update event yesterday. The official announcement for the public is today. I met Chesky yesterday at its launch event and talked to him separately about his views on what role AI will play in the next year and beyond for the company.
In this interview, Chesky discusses the company's renewed focus on design, creativity, and people. He explains how Airbnb lost sight of these core values and how the pandemic forced the company to rebuild from the ground up. Chesky also discusses Airbnb's plans to incorpor
