Interview, Explained

In-depth breakdowns of tech interviews — section-by-section analysis with diagrams, quotes, and insights.

~46 min

Squawk Pod·2026-10-01

Chesky & Isaacson on AI happening to them, not for them

Brian Chesky & Walter Isaacson· CEO of Airbnb, with author Walter Isaacson

On CNBC's Squawk Pod, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky argues agents, not chatbots, are the future and that most people feel AI is happening to them rather than for them, while historian Walter Isaacson explains why an industry that fears its own technology keeps building it anyway.

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~24 min

Power Players·2026-08-10

Brian Chesky on Why AI Is the Best Thing to Happen to Airbnb

Brian Chesky· Co-founder & CEO

On Airbnb's earnings day, Chesky reframes AI as a tailwind rather than a threat: it helped re-accelerate revenue growth from 10% to 17% and ship nearly twice the features, while he bets the real opening is the under-built consumer side of AI and sees no near-term path for chatbots to become the place people actually book travel.

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