Airbnb Names Meta’s Head of Generative AI as Chief Technology Officer

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.