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Airbnb's AI will plan your entire trip and handle 30% of support calls

The travel giant is building an AI that knows you and plans everything.

Deep Dive

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced plans to build an 'AI-native' app experience that goes beyond search to plan entire trips and help hosts manage properties. A new AI-powered customer service bot already handles 30% of support tickets without human help. The company is testing natural language search and plans to expand AI support to voice calls and more languages, leveraging data and new CTO Ahmad Al-Dahle's expertise from Meta's Llama team.

Why It Matters

This signals a major shift in travel tech, moving from simple booking to AI-powered, end-to-end trip concierge services.

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