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Airbnb acquires secretive firm launched by Siri co-founder

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By Kyle Wiggers

November 14, 2023

Airbnb acquires secretive firm launched by Siri co-founder

Airbnb has acquired a secretive new AI startup, Gameplanner.AI, the company announced this morning. CNBC reports that the purchase price was around $200 million, a figure that TechCrunch was unable to confirm at publication time. Gameplanner was co-founded by Adam Cheyer and Siamak Hodjat. Cheyer famously helped to co-launch the startup Siri, which Apple acquired […]

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