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Nate Blecharczyk

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

We aimed to launch our improved service in three months, incorporating payments and reviews to enhance user experience, and we launched our service just weeks before a major event, listing 800 properties to help locals make extra money during the influx of visitors.

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Nate Blecharczyk at Startup School 2013

@ Y Combinator

Nate Blecharczyk at Startup School 2013

10/26/13

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Nate Blecharczyk

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

By actively engaging with our users and improving their listings, we were able to curate quality properties, leading to increased bookings and traction for our service.

Nate Blecharczyk

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

It took us four years to serve our first four million guests, but in the last nine months alone, we added another five million guests, showcasing the rapid growth of Airbnb.

Nate Blecharczyk

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

We launched a simple directory service for events where users could list airbeds or extra rooms, without payments or reviews, just a search engine.

Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

We aimed to create a seamless booking experience, ensuring users could book a home in three clicks, similar to the ease of using an iPod.

Brian Chesky

06/02/24

@ The Social Radars Podcast

We were the first site to allow users to book accommodations and pay online through the app, which was a significant innovation at the time.

Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

In summer 2008, we finalized the product design, allowing users to book homes directly, which was a novel concept at the time.

Khalid Meniri

04/13/25

@ EO

The pandemic hit just as we were launching our travel app, which was designed to allow users to easily discover and book hotels. Despite the shutdown of hotels worldwide, I focused on the future, believing that people would want to travel again.

Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

After our initial launch, we didn't see immediate success and even explored creating a roommate matching website before pivoting back to Airbnb.

Joshua Reeves

03/18/25

@ Y Combinator

We didn't launch our product publicly until December 2012, several months after our demo day, to ensure we had a reliable system in place before opening it up to strangers.