Brian Chesky - AI Founder Mode
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Published
- May 5, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 15m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
Discusses ai, investing.
Summary
My guest today is Brian Chesky, the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. Our conversation traces the path from his early training as an industrial designer at RISD through the pandemic moment that forced him into founder mode. He explains why he thinks AI founder mode will demand even more attention to the details and why founders are rarely good early CEOs. He …
Show notes
My guest today is Brian Chesky, the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. Our conversation traces the path from his early training as an industrial designer at RISD through the pandemic moment that forced him into founder mode. He explains why he thinks AI founder mode will demand even more attention to the details and why founders are rarely good early CEOs. He walks through his eleven-star exercise, which is a way of imagining the most absurd version of a customer experience to achieve product market
Themes
- ai
- investing