Airbnb Is Building Its Own AI Travel Agent, Co-Founder Says
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[0:00] Airbnb says it's back in growth mode, with revenue rising at its fastest pace
[0:05] in three years. The company has been expanding beyond
[0:07] home rentals. Now is adding services and hotels while
[0:11] rolling out AI powered tools across its platform.
[0:14] Well, we're now joined by Nathan Blecharczyk, the co-founder and chief strategy
[0:18] officer at Airbnb. Nathan, thank you so much for joining us
[0:20] here on The Pulse. I know you're celebrating 15 years in
[0:23] Europe of Airbnb in 2025. You also contributed some €55.8 billion
[0:30] to European GDP. How's the European market different to
[0:34] other parts of the world? It's been a very successful, uh, 15
[0:40] years. And, um, you know, Europe was really
[0:42] part of the kind of, you know, founding it really started spreading here, uh,
[0:46] soon after starting the company. Over those 15 years.
[0:49] Hosts have earned €110 billion. Uh, the typical host makes about €4,600
[0:57] per year. Um, and, of course, it has a ripple on
[1:01] the economy. As you pointed out, the 56 billion, uh,
[1:04] to the economy. Uh, just just last year.
[1:07] Um, I think what's changed and what's a little different, uh, is that actually
[1:10] most of the business is not in the big cities anymore.
[1:13] Um, nine out of ten nights booked are outside of the top ten capital cities,
[1:18] and two thirds