Ahmad Al-Dahle, who previously led the team behind Meta’s Llama AI models, is now joining Airbnb as part of plans to revamp search and other features in its app, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky tells Bloomberg:
> What that means is moving away from an anonymous customer just searching, and making sure everyone’s search, everyone’s conversation is unique to them and that we take into account all prior conversations we ever had with you, all information we have.
[Link: Airbnb Names Meta’s Head of Generative AI as Chief Technology Officer | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-14/airbnb-taps-meta-ai-executive-as-new-chief-technology-officer | Bloomberg]
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Airbnb hires Meta’s former AI head as CTO.
Ahmad Al-Dahle, who previously led the team behind Meta’s Llama AI models, is now joining Airbnb as part of plans to revamp search and other features in its app, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky tells… [783 chars]
Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-01-14T14:19:31Z
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