Brian Chesky

I think

AI is going to create the equivalent of an AI founder mode, which is now you've got to be even more hands-on.

And I don't think in the era of AI there should be any pure people managers because you're so close to the details, to the data, that everyone has the opportunity to be hands-on.

And it's hard to imagine only managing people and not agents.

So I think this hands-on approach is for everyone inside of a company.

Yeah, and it's slightly scary because I had a meeting with our team recently.

I said the 26-year-old me and Joe and Nate could F us up if we wanted to.

And so I told him this is what I would do.

I think that if Airbnb sits still, I think a different group of...

20 or 30 year olds could also disrupt us.

And I think that's true of every one of us.

And maybe, by the way, maybe that's not true.

And maybe that's not reassuring, because we do have a brand that's a noun and a verb.

We've got a global network effect.

I think it's actually hard to build a network.

That may not be possible, but the software and the app

I told our team, we can't sit still.

Our app is beautiful, it's really nice, but we gotta be in a world of AI native.

And here's a key point I would make.

I do not think a chatbot is the right interface for travel or e-commerce.