Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is planning to launch a new AI lab focused on user interaction and design. While he will remain CEO of Airbnb, the move signals his intent to compete with major frontier AI labs.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing trend of tech executives moving beyond corporate integration to directly influence the development of foundational AI models.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has had enough of merely being an artificial intelligence kingmaker. He now plans to back a new AI lab of his own. The news, broken by Bloomberg and confirmed to TechCrunch by a person familiar with the situation, marks Chesky as one of many Silicon Valley machers who are unsatisfied with the models coming out of the frontier labs.
The article reports on business developments and industry moves without taking a political or ideological stance.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in