Airbnb

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Airbnb Founder Genealogy Tree - YC Alumni Startups
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Airbnb Founders

Brian Chesky
Brian Chesky
Co-founder, CEO @ Airbnb

YC Companies Founded by Airbnb Alumni

10 YC-backed companies founded by former Airbnb employees

Direct - 3 companies

Coinbase YC S12
coinbase.com
Airbnb → Coinbase
Brian Armstrong Brian Armstrong (Technical Product Manager)
Zip YC S20
ziphq.com
Airbnb → Zip
Rujul Zaparde Rujul Zaparde (Product Manager, Trips & Search)
Outschool YC W16
outschool.com
Airbnb → Outschool
Nick Grandy Nick Grandy (Lead Engineer)

Level 1 - 7 companies

Dharma YC S17
dharma.io
Airbnb → Coinbase → Dharma
Nadav Hollander Nadav Hollander (Software Engineer)
Ziina YC W21
ziina.com
Airbnb → Coinbase → Ziina
Andrew Gold Andrew Gold (Software Engineer)
moonrepo YC W23
moonrepo.dev
Airbnb → Coinbase → moonrepo
James Pozdena James Pozdena (Staff Software Engineer)
PoplarML (YC W23) YC W23
poplarml.com
Airbnb → Coinbase → PoplarML (YC W23)
Danna Liu Danna Liu (Backend Software Engineer)
Denormalized YC S22
denormalized.io
Airbnb → Coinbase → Denormalized
Amey Chaugule Amey Chaugule (Staff Software Engineer - Data & Machine Learning Platform)
Sweetspot (YC S23) YC S23
sweetspot.so
Airbnb → Coinbase → Sweetspot (YC S23)
Philip Kung Philip Kung (Software Engineer)
dili (YC S23) YC S23
dili.ai
Airbnb → Coinbase → dili (YC S23)
Anand Chaturvedi Anand Chaturvedi (Product Manager)

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Who founded Airbnb?

Airbnb was founded by Brian Chesky.

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