Air B and B and Arbme Dot Org

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joe jevia is co founder of air b and b and chairman of arbme dot org. The company was one of the first big brands to jump in support of ucranians, announcing that airbnb would offer free shore term housing up to a hundred thousand refugees. Bob saffian: I'm eager to hear more about both of these stories, as well as air v and b dot orgs other activities and impacts and partnerships. Joe: It's great to be here and super excited to talk about these incredible acts of rosity taking place in the world right now.

Airbnb’s charitable arm, Airbnb.org, has committed to offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia joins Rapid Response to discuss how the company is deploying business tools for humanitarian benefit. He also shares how Airbnb’s platform has become a surprising tool to transfer money directly to individual Ukrainians, already generating $15 million. Along with co-founders Brian Chesky and Nate Blecharczyk, Joe is a fierce believer that companies should be responsible to “participate in the world around us” and the importance, as leaders, to ask: What would make us proud?

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