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“It took us 12 years to build Airbnb, and we lost almost everything in four to six weeks,” the company’s co-founder Brian Chesky has said. The company was preparing to go public this year, and now that is up in the air, he said during an interview to CNBC. Chesky noted that Airbnb faces an uncertain future due to fear of outbreaks that are already being experienced around the world. “Travel as we knew it is over,” he said. “It doesn’t mean travel is over, just the travel we knew is over, and it’s never coming back.” The CEO noted that at least in ... Read more