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Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta

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140 points 7d7n | 1 comments | 18 Feb 21 16:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.8s | source
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dreamcompiler ◴[18 Feb 21 23:37 UTC] No.26187383[source]▶
OK I'll bite. Airbnb is a website. A hard-to-navigate, overproduced one, but it's still basically just a website coupled to a database. And it's not even as complex as Uber's because it doesn't need realtime GPS tracking of anything.

Why does Airbnb need a "tech hub?"

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1. izgzhen ◴[19 Feb 21 09:54 UTC] No.26191321[source]▶
Data that airbnb owns values much more than their website stuff. And you need tech people in ML and data areas to manage and use these data effectively.