--- title: Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it... description: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky revealed during the company's Q2 earnings call that AI has reduced the time from concept to feature launch by 60% and increased the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-faster-as-it-tests-a-new-search-function-6hgv6wc69 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function | daily.dev og:description: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky revealed during the company's Q2 earnings call that AI has reduced the time from concept to feature launch by 60% and increased the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-faster-as-it-tests-a-new-search-function-6hgv6wc69 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6hGV6WC69.png og:image:alt: Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky revealed during the company's Q2 earnings call that AI has reduced the time from concept to feature launch by 60% and increased the number of shipped features by nearly 80% compared to the same period last year. AI now writes 60% of Airbnb's code. On the consumer side, Airbnb is testing a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle that lets users switch between traditional filters and natural language search with visual, personalized results. The company's AI customer support bot now handles 45% of issues without human intervention, supports 50+ languages, and has driven a 16% year-over-year reduction in support cost per booking. Airbnb posted Q2 revenue of $3.6 billion, up 17% year-over-year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much has AI reduced Airbnb's feature development time and increased shipping velocity? AI has reduced Airbnb's time from concept to launch by as much as 60%, and the number of features and improvements shipped increased by nearly 80% compared to the same six-month period the prior year. AI also writes 60% of Airbnb's new code. These gains span areas including search, sign-up, checkout, and payments. _Teams benchmarking their own AI-assisted development velocity track metrics like these on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of Airbnb customer support issues are resolved by AI without human intervention? Nearly 45% of customer issues that start with Airbnb's AI support agent are completed without any human intervention. The AI bot launched in North America and has since expanded to more than 50 languages, with voice call support planned. This has driven a 16% year-over-year reduction in support cost per booking. _Developers building AI support tooling can follow real-world deployment results like Airbnb's on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code](https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-now-writes-60-of-its-new-code-w24zdu6nr) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discovery and support](https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-plans-to-bake-in-ai-features-for-search-discovery-and-support-2c40mwnl0) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Airbnb adds hotels, car rentals, and AI support in summer update](https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-adds-hotels-car-rentals-and-ai-support-in-summer-update-ulq0wonrm) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Airbnb adds AI search, more social features](https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-adds-ai-search-more-social-features-asurtalwx) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-faster-as-it-tests-a-new-search-function-6hgv6wc69) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-faster-as-it-tests-a-new-search-function-6hgv6wc69","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-faster-as-it-tests-a-new-search-function-6hgv6wc69"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T14:25:14.836Z","dateModified":"2026-08-08T23:50:41.865Z","description":"Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky revealed during the company's Q2 earnings call that AI has reduced the time from concept to feature launch by 60% and increased the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/015cfca4956933226b5549ae3c1fccbe?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/015cfca4956933226b5549ae3c1fccbe?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-faster-as-it-tests-a-new-search-function-6hgv6wc69","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,ai-coding","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-faster-as-it-tests-a-new-search-function-6hgv6wc69#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much has AI reduced Airbnb's feature development time and increased shipping velocity?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"AI has reduced Airbnb's time from concept to launch by as much as 60%, and the number of features and improvements shipped increased by nearly 80% compared to the same six-month period the prior year. 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