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Life & fun · January 25, 2017

The Airbnb Story

How three ordinary guys disrupted an industry, made billions

The Airbnb Story launched on January 25, 2017 with 16 votes, #1,530 of 3,670 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

In 2008, two broke art school graduates and their coder-whiz friend set up a platform that – in less than a decade – became the largest provider of accommodations in the world. Now valued at $30 billion, Airbnb is in the very top tier of Silicon Valley’s ‘unicorn’ startups.

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