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Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is preparing a dedicated AI lab after years of close ties to Sam Altman and OpenAI, according to TechCrunch and Bloomberg.
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Key Takeaways
- 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…
TechCrunch AI reports Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab. TechCrunch AI reports: He met Sam Altman in 2006 through Y Combinator, which incubated Airbnb, and stayed in touch. Chesky, who was reportedly considered a potential OpenAI board member, helped
Still, Chesky has plenty of insight. He met Sam Altman in 2006 through Y Combinator, which incubated Airbnb, and stayed in touch. When OpenAI took off, he began meeting regularly with Altman to offer advice about managing a hypergrowth tech company.
Now, however, he appears to be entering competition with his mentee’s company.
It’s not clear what the focus of Chesky’s new AI lab will be, although the Bloomberg article mentions user interaction and design, areas that he has emphasized at Airbnb.
That’s not unlike what Brett Adcock is doing at Hark, the AI lab he launched late last year to develop a novel user interface for an AI assistant, although the startup is also emphasizing hardware products.
Sources
- 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 AI coverage
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