Joe Gebbia

Founder, Samara · 1 appearance on the record.

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Gebbia is best known as the co-founder and former Chief Product Officer of Airbnb, which he started in 2008 with Brian Chesky and Nathan Blecharczyk. After stepping down from day-to-day operations at Airbnb in 2022, he founded the prefab housing company Samara, joined Tesla's board of directors, and later took on a federal design leadership role.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 2 contradicted 1 not yet assessed how the 4 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

4 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Joe argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Gebbia: Airbnb and Lloyd's Created New Sharing Economy Insurance Policies
“Now we've actually innovated on insurance policies and programs and so through Lloyds and others there's now sharing economy insurances, not only for homes, but for cars and other things out there that didn't exist even two years ago.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:41 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Gebbia: One in Five World Cup Visitors in Brazil Used Airbnb
“Where one out of every five people in Brazil was staying in someone's home on Airbnb.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 35:43 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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Everything Joe Gebbia said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Contradicted
Gebbia: One in Five World Cup Visitors in Brazil Used Airbnb
“Where one out of every five people in Brazil was staying in someone's home on Airbnb.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 35:43 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership
Assertion Contradicted
Gebbia: Airbnb features 4,000 boat listings on its platform
“There's actually 4000 boats on Airbnb”
Joe Gebbia Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:02 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Gebbia: Airbnb lists 500 tree houses on its marketplace
“Believe it or not, there's 500 tree houses on Airbnb.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:25 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership
Assertion Supported
Gebbia: Airbnb and Lloyd's Created New Sharing Economy Insurance Policies
“Now we've actually innovated on insurance policies and programs and so through Lloyds and others there's now sharing economy insurances, not only for homes, but for cars and other things out there that didn't exist even two years ago.”
Joe Gebbia Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:41 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership

The other half of the tape: Joe Gebbia's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 2 episodes on the a16z Podcast. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership Jan 2, 2019 7m
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