{"slug": "airbnb-ceo-why-ai-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-us", "title": "Airbnb CEO: Why AI is the best thing to happen to us", "summary": "Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told Yahoo Finance that AI is driving the company's fastest growth in years, calling it 'the best thing to happen to us' and confirming the existence of a secret internal AI lab.", "body_md": "Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky reveals to Yahoo Finance Executive Editor** **[Brian Sozzi](https://finance.yahoo.com/author/brian-sozzi/) how AI is driving the company's fastest growth in years, shares his bold predictions for the future of consumer tech, and confirms the existence of a secret internal AI lab.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/airbnb-ceo-why-ai-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-us", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/airbnb-ceo-why-ai-best-100000572.html", "published_at": "2026-08-10 10:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 10:08:41.092980+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Airbnb", "Brian Chesky", "Yahoo Finance", "Brian Sozzi"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/airbnb-ceo-why-ai-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-us", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/airbnb-ceo-why-ai-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-us.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/airbnb-ceo-why-ai-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-us.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/airbnb-ceo-why-ai-is-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-us.jsonld"}}