Inside-Out AI: Rebuilding Airbnb Behind the Scenes and Across the Guest Experience

Ahmad Al-Dahle, former Meta generative AI lead, joined Airbnb as CTO to transform it into an AI-native company by embedding AI in product development and customer experience. Airbnb now uses AI extensively, with 60% of its code AI-authored and a 1.6x increase in engineering throughput, streamlining workflows by integrating product, design, and engineering teams.