Airbnb CEO says AI agents like Muse and Instinct are barely bringing in bookings: 'I don't see them as a threat'
Source: Business Insider ·
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says AI agents like Muse and Instinct have resulted in little traffic and very few bookings on the site.
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David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he's not worried about AI agents taking traffic.Chesky said agents like Muse and Instinct had so far accounted for little traffic and few bookings.Airbnb, which reported 19% revenue growth, plans to launch its own AI agent next year.AI agents can, in theory, book your vacation for you, but that doesn't mean it's happening much yet.Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he's not worried about AI agents like Meta's Muse or Instinct AI taking traffic, citing a low number of agent bookings so far."We're not seeing a lot of traffic, and even fewer bookings, from Muse and Instinct yet," Chesky said on Airbnb's third quarter earnings call Thursday.Of the nearly half a million Airbnb bookings each day, a "very non-material" number are coming from Muse or Instinct, the CEO said. He added that traffic from agents peaked in early October and had not increased since."My general philosophy on agents are, I'm generally excited about them.…