Airbnb Hires Meta’s Head of Generative AI as New Tech Chief

Airbnb Inc. has hired a former Meta Platforms Inc. executive as its new chief technology officer, as the short-term rental company is investing to include more artificial intelligence and personalization elements into its service this year.

Ahmad Al-Dahle, who most recently led generative AI at Meta and the team behind its Llama open-source models, joins the company Wednesday and will oversee its engineering and data science teams. Al-Dahle succeeds Ari Balogh, who stepped aside from his role in December after seven years at the company.

Balogh joined the company when it was “going through hypergrowth,” Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky said of the transition in ...