Craig Shapiro ⚽️(@cshapiro):Interesting bits from Brian’s Airbnb earnings call about AI agents and consumer behavior: — Airbnb gets ~500k bookings a day — ”very non-material” traffic from Muse/Instinct — says people *want* to browse: average user looks at dozens of listings and 25+ photos — 90% of users message the host — most traffic comes between 9 to 5 when people are at work (using Airbnb as escapism) — 80% of travels say they like doing their own travel research

2026.11.06 16:28

Interesting bits from Brian’s Airbnb earnings call about AI agents and consumer behavior: — Airbnb gets ~500k bookings a day — ”very non-material” traffic from Muse/Instinct — says people *want* to browse: average user looks at dozens of listings and 25+ photos — 90% of users message the host — most traffic comes between 9 to 5 when people are at work (using Airbnb as escapism) — 80% of travels say they like doing their own travel research