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HOME/PEOPLE/BRIAN CHESKY
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Brian Chesky

ROLE CEOAT AIRBNBMENTIONS 11LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 12, 2026
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Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, cited for his management principle of managing work rather than people.

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mention·The a16z Show·SEPTEMBER 12, 2026
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mention·Lenny's·SEPTEMBER 6, 2026

Brian Chesky (Airbnb) — Mentioned for starting a foundation lab focused on next-generation user interfaces.

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03
mention·20VC·AUGUST 17, 2026

Brian Chesky got kind of roasted, but I thought it was an insightful point when he said, it's not clear to him that, like, the right interface for hotel booking is a chat interface.

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04
mention·Lenny's·JULY 19, 2026

I'm honored to be here once and now twice... Brian's amazing. So I'll let that one go.

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05
mention·99d·JULY 17, 2026

These aren't merely hobbies - these guys are founding and funding companies that presumably take up significant amounts of finite and highly valuable time, attention, and energy.

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06
mention·The a16z Show·JULY 6, 2026

"It was an interesting secret because it was something that probably everybody in the world knew at one point, but they had all forgotten. Everybody had forgot why we had hotels."

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mention·20VC·JUNE 20, 2026

Brian Chesky says don't ever take the highest price. Don't ever. That I disagree with.

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mention·Lenny's·JUNE 14, 2026

Brian Chesky believes in doing things in non-scalable ways and doing it himself with a team by hand... 'If you talk to Brian Chesky about his launches, he already knows that he has a hit. He's not launching it to find out if people like it.'

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09
product·Newcomer Newsletter·JUNE 5, 2026

Airbnb's Brian Chesky launches an AI lab.

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10
mention·StrictlyVC·JUNE 5, 2026

Brian Chesky reportedly planning to launch a new AI lab 'expected to focus on user interaction and design' while remaining Airbnb CEO.

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11
mention·Uncapped with Jack Altman·APRIL 29, 2026

Brian Chesky put it better... we don't manage people, we manage work. So people that just generally have high agency — we never have to check on whether they're doing something.

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