Airbnb


And another lending startup raises a ton of money.


How is this not a scene from HBO’s “Silicon Valley” yet?


“I don’t think we will see less of these public markdowns. I think we will see more of them.”


The lodging company offers to cover the costs of extended stays of guests experiencing travel delays.


NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called the initiatives a “transparent ploy.”


Also, Square took one for the team with its IPO pricing.


Here’s the slideshow from this morning’s presentation.




Today, San Francisco. Tomorrow, the world.


Airbnb joins Uber in the AmEx boat.


“A disclosure would not have been enough.”


Ian McAllister, a nine-year veteran of Amazon, is Airbnb’s first director of product for service excellence.


“People are hanging on to keep their homes, and that’s why they’re on Airbnb.”


Vamo joins a long line of Airbnb acquisitions.


It’s avoiding the wrath of the government ... for now.


The home-sharing company is looking for a China-based CEO.


An Airbnb engineer had a lifelong dream to show high-school girls how creative computer science can be.


The proposed ballot intiative will go to a vote in November.


“I went into the venture business so I could be rich enough to lose in politics.”


Also of note: Shopping for your home using VR.


“We think to be regulated is to be recognized,” Chesky said.


The “mad as hell” rant, phosphorus triangles and more.


The details on what went down.


The home-sharing startup is seven years old. Now what?


More than 800,000 people will stay in an Airbnb on any given night this summer.


The on-demand economy offers the flexibility millennials want, but getting them the benefits they need is another story.


Here are the themes Kara and Walt plan to explore with this year’s speakers.


A healthy jobs report and housing stats might lead to a rise in interest rates. Translation: Less money to invest in hot startups.


On Wednesday, Europe launches its opening salvo for new regulation encompassing everything digital.


GM, Pivotal, BuzzFeed -- all companies trying to figure out the digital future.


The word “unicorn” hypes companies up while equating them to something impossible that turns money -- not product -- into the symbol of success.


There are more to come, but here are some great voices onstage at our annual tech and media conference.


Here are four more top-notch speakers for our annual event from Xiaomi, Sprint, Reddit and GoPro.


For the first time ever, Airbnb is taking into account host preferences in its visitor matching algorithm.


PwC did its first ever large-scale survey on the sharing economy and proclaimed it’s here to stay.


While Re/code is politically neutral, we’re highlighting disruptive figures and big issues at our second Code conference, and Sen. Warren perfectly fits that bill.




She’s here to tame those mythical beasts and give you the real story behind them.


The first great Internet company served as the breeding ground for the Web’s first wave of leading executives.

