Airbnb

Airbnb operates an online marketplace that connects hosts offering stays, experiences and services with guests, and it does so across more than 220 countries and regions and over 150,000 cities and towns. Founded in 2007, when two hosts welcomed three guests in San Francisco, the company reports more than 5 million hosts, over 2 billion cumulative guest arrivals and more than $300 billion in all-time host earnings. Typical US host earnings in 2024 were $15,000. The company has remitted over $17 billion in taxes globally.

The company's technical work spans an online marketplace platform, travel technology, peer-to-peer hospitality, digital payments and host earnings systems, trust and safety technology, and anti-discrimination technology. Project Lighthouse is its program aimed at combating bias on the platform. Its products include the stays and listings marketplace, with more than 9 million active listings worldwide; Airbnb Experiences, locally hosted activities; and Online Experiences, a virtual extension of that offering.

Airbnb.org, a nonprofit initiative, provides free emergency housing to people in times of crisis and reports having housed more than 250,000 people. The company describes a mission of helping people "belong anywhere", with stated commitments to economic empowerment for hosts, community connection, sustainability and inclusion. It has partnered with global organizations including the International Olympic Committee.