Airbnb's Brian Chesky Plans to Launch a New AI Lab
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company plans to launch its own AI lab, having held off on an LLM partnership because existing products weren't ready for its needs. The move is another large consumer platform deciding to build in-house AI capability rather than rent it — a recurring 2026 pattern of vertical players bringing model work under their own roof.