Airbnb's CEO says AI writes 60% of the company's code — and makes managers get their hands dirty

Brian Chesky said AI writes 60% of Airbnb's code.

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• Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky sees his company changing significantly with AI.
• He said nearly 60% of the company's code is now written by AI.
• He added that managers are also getting their hands dirty with coding or using Claude Code.

Airbnb wants its engineers, and increasingly its managers, to code and use AI.

During a Thursday earnings call, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said AI is changing operations at the company.