Airbnb CTO on the shift to an AI-native company
What happened
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On 2 October 2026, Airbnb CTO Ahmad Al-Dahle described the company's shift to an AI-native business in an interview on Latent Space. He said 60% of the company's code is now written by AI, PR throughput per engineer is up about 1.6 times, and feature delivery has grown nearly 80% year on year. This is the only report on the event so far, with no follow-ups or contradictions with earlier coverage.
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Oct 2
- Latent SpaceInside-Out AI: Rebuilding Airbnb Behind the Scenes and Across the Guest Experience
After leading Meta’s Llama models, Ahmad Al-Dahle is now transforming Airbnb with AI — from how its teams develop products to how it serves guests.