"Ahmad Al-Dahle, who most recently led generative AI at Meta and the team behind its Llama open-source models, joins the company Wednesday and will oversee its engineering and data science teams."
"This is a moment when now we've built a really strong foundation, but we're in the midst of a technological revolution that will play out over the next decade or longer, he said. We thought this was a really good time to pass the baton."
"What that means is moving away from an anonymous customer just searching, and making sure everyone's search, everyone's conversation is unique to them and that we take into account all prior conversations we ever had with you, all information we have. he said. It's not going to look like old search, it's not going to look like a chatbot. It's going to have to marry the best of both worlds."
Airbnb hired Ahmad Al‑Dahle from Meta to serve as chief technology officer and lead engineering and data science teams with a focus on generative AI and personalization. The hire replaces Ari Balogh, who stepped aside after seven years. Airbnb is expanding beyond accommodations into tours, individual services, boutique hotel bookings and grocery delivery partnerships to drive growth. The company has added social features and AI-driven customer service tools and plans to launch an AI search in 2026 to provide personalized travel recommendations that incorporate prior conversations and user data, blending search and conversational interaction.
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