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OpinionTechCrunch · AI· Ivan Mehta·· 16 days ago

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: AI agents need their own operating system

Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system

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Airbnb launched AI search in its fall update this week. CEO Brian Chesky says chatbots are not suited to e-commerce, and the company will explore multiplayer AI interfaces over the next three to six months. He believes the industry lacks an operating system truly built for AI: AI should run at the kernel level. Airbnb plans to make its app more agentic and connect it to other agents through MCP.

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