After being stunned it took a full 45 seconds to get to his talking points.

Way to go Airbnb https://t.co/4Xc70zt1dj

— Trevor McKendrick (@TrevMcKendrick) December 11, 2020

Airbnb is now more valuable than the seven largest US hotel chains combined, including Marriot, Hilton, and Hyatt. Marriot International is worth $41 billion, Hilton Worldwide is worth $29 billion, and Hyatt is worth $7 billion. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/IW9vPyDsT2

— Saurabh Kango (@SaurabhKango) December 10, 2020

Airbnb opens at fully diluted value of around $101 billion.

— Dan Primack (@danprimack) December 10, 2020

Congrats to @Airbnb’s @bchesky @jgebbia & @nathanblec, all high quality people with a strong ethical compass.

I feel extreme FOMO because I passed on their seed deal telling them “someone will get murdered and the blood will be on your hands.” All-time, three comma fuckup. https://t.co/oBJSHAzk7l

— Chris Sacca ?? (@sacca) December 10, 2020

AirBnB is now worth as much as IBM

— . (@cloud_opinion) December 10, 2020

This moment when @bchesky first hears that Airbnb’s IPO price has just doubled — live on-air — is literally PRICELESS. https://t.co/3Y8dfUcuIY

— Emily Chang (@emilychangtv) December 10, 2020

Airbnb stock opens at $146 a share, valuing it at $101.6 billion. This market is crazy. Here's our story: https://t.co/TrtqMVYAEk

— erin griffith (@eringriffith) December 10, 2020

The very first company that @reidhoffman discussed with me after joining @GreylockVC was @AirBnB.

Highly recommend reading his thoughtful piece on the investment, his rationale, and how it relates to his thoughts on venture in general.https://t.co/7UHmP3JjWj

— Adam Nash (@adamnash) December 11, 2020

"That's the first time I've heard that number. Um, that is .. that's .. uhh, .. y'know ... I don't know what else to say."

Great moment. $ABNB https://t.co/nHcSJ0LqbD

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) December 10, 2020

A travel company going public during a pandemic after its revenue tanked 80% less than 3 quarters ago

Public market needs to stop being so short sighted https://t.co/7r8aqAW9D1

— Sar Haribhakti (@sarthakgh) December 10, 2020

When an email is worth multiple billions. https://t.co/JMikOFl9T6

— Aaron Levie (@levie) December 10, 2020

How should we think of the 12 million share grant that Brian Chesky of Airbnb got a couple of months ago? At the latest stock price, the grant is worth nearly $1.8 billion. It comes on top of his existing stake in Airbnb, whose current value is $11.4 billion.

— Peter Eavis (@uwsgeezer) December 10, 2020

You all really just let YC dominate on the "invest in a lot of early stage companies /have an open application process" playbook for 12 years just running circles around everyone while most VCs concentrate, invest as late as possible, & follow other investors?

Make it make sense https://t.co/VL1ObAwjgK

— Del Johnson (@DelJohnsonVC) December 10, 2020

Brian Chesky’s humble celebration fittingly harks back to his ramen days, when the idea of Airbnb was mostly to help pay rent https://t.co/tK492juQXu via @business

— Ryan Edward Chua 蔡曼中 (@ryan_chua) December 11, 2020

Amazing to see how far the Airbnb founders have come. This night in 2008 they were about to throw in the towel. We convinced them they should try YC and emailed PG, and the rest is history. Congrats @bchesky, @jgebbia, @nathanblec! https://t.co/vxpYtTd7HJ

— Justin Kan (@justinkan) December 10, 2020

Airbnb blowing up because... travel is a hot during the pandemic? Surprisingly big bet here on how fast things will pick back up https://t.co/NoTC9nlZl0

— Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) December 10, 2020

Airbnb's founding story has been mythic in Silicon Valley

What's as remarkable—and less discussed—is that all 3 founders have stuck around, and stayed involved. They're all worth over $10B today.

How their relationship helps explain Airbnb's success:https://t.co/Ru4Qbfpjgc

— Cory Weinberg (@coryweinberg) December 10, 2020

wonder how these IPOs are perceived by Uber & Lyft after their big flops https://t.co/yuP2H5CKVw

— o...k (@kateconger) December 10, 2020

this $ABNB ipo feels like the supreme drop for tech people

— Ben Trinh (@BenT) December 10, 2020

I CANNOT EXPRESS how abnormal this all is. https://t.co/7yJCLlSKdW

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) December 10, 2020

ok so on a non-diluted basis that makes Airbnb worth $87.4B, inclusive of greenshoe https://t.co/MXLS8gNIAf

— tired alex (@alex) December 10, 2020

2 incredibly impressive things about @paulg and @justinkan

- the simplicity of the convo

- the timestamps https://t.co/jMUKOuyEKF

— brian trautschold (@BTrautschold) December 10, 2020

Amazing Day for all stakeholders of @Airbnb. Started 2020 as the IPO candidate of the year, paused, stared down the abyss of a global pandemic, pivoted, accelerated out of the depths, and is today 2020's IPO of the Year! https://t.co/HYzx5M14xw

— Alfred Lin (@Alfred_Lin) December 11, 2020

pre covid: DoorDash was in trouble, Airbnb was unassailable

Post covid: DoorDash is anointed, Airbnb is in trouble

but both pop huge on day one? to quote @eringriffith:

"what is money"

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) December 10, 2020

I'm thinking about the 25% of Airbnb's staff that was laid off months before an IPO and first day of trading that may value the company at $100 billion+. https://t.co/mB9ODNVF9P

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) December 10, 2020

Airbnb has reported 2 straight quarterly sales declines with a 3rd on the way.

It cut 25% of its staff because of that.

It’s about to be worth 3x its valuation from a year ago.

— Ari Levy (@levynews) December 10, 2020

*AIRBNB INDICATED TO OPEN AT $145; IPO PRICED AT $68

Company's CEO is literally speechless on @BloombergTV -- the first time he heard of the price surge.

"I don't know what else to say," Brian Chesky tells @emilychangtv. "The higher the stock price, the higher the expectations"

— Sonali Basak (@sonalibasak) December 10, 2020

Props to @bchesky who handled this like a pro. https://t.co/tKZnNaAYhL

— Kenneth Cole (@kennethcolereal) December 10, 2020

They @airbnb founding story is one with many turns. The company could've literally have died many times. Startups are very fragile in the early days but the grit and perseverance Joe and Nate and Brian showed is still inspirational for many founders today. https://t.co/1TZHfD4hv5

— Gustaf Alströmer (@gustaf) December 11, 2020

two IPOs in two days that doubled their set price upon opening

what's up with "da market"??https://t.co/wkbOqO23OR

— rat king (@MikeIsaac) December 10, 2020

this is the only good "i fucked up and passed" tweet i've ever seen because of the specific reason for passing

"love you guys, but murder is a hard no (so far)" https://t.co/vLt4bNr2XX

— modest proposal (@modestproposal1) December 10, 2020

If you've ever wanted to see a man trying very hard not to break poker face when he learns that his net worth has doubled, this is a great clip. https://t.co/QoC6nuGNLF

— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 10, 2020

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— Paul Graham (@paulg) December 10, 2020

BREAKING: Airbnb opens for trading at $146 after pricing IPO at $68/sharehttps://t.co/1vic2VloNq

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) December 10, 2020

Airbnb skyrockets 112% in public market debut, giving it a market cap of $86.5 billion. https://t.co/kAzh5cv4Fh

— CNBC (@CNBC) December 10, 2020

Airbnb shares set to double in IPO https://t.co/7UbOn2QvXp pic.twitter.com/le5EjdxmOC

— European Chamber of Digital Commerce (@Juchtervbergen) December 10, 2020

BREAKING: Airbnb market value soars past $90 billion in market debut https://t.co/3hLX0Urrj3 pic.twitter.com/C251pkGOgN

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) December 10, 2020

68ドルの価格で上場したAirbnbが始値146ドル、終値144ドルとなり、時価総額865億ドルほどという計算に。旅行業界の大物Bookingの時価総額860億ドルを超え、2020年のIPOで10番目に初日に大きく上昇した銘柄となった。https://t.co/lHAidfEJ8S

— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) December 10, 2020

예상은 했지만 상장 첫날 에어비앤비의 주가가 폭등. 공모가 68불의 2배가 넘는 144불로 마감. 시총은 86.5B이 됨. 여행업계 최대기업인 부킹의 시총과 비슷. 익스피디아는 18B, 매리엇호텔은 42B. https://t.co/bVprdg2boJ 판데믹으로 공유경제는 끝났다고 누가 이야기했던가… pic.twitter.com/BefdKlcDFD

— 에스티마 (@estima7) December 10, 2020

Big splash.

Airbnb opened at $146 per share on its first day of trading on Thursday, more than doubling the $68 per share price set for its IPO the day before.

https://t.co/Anp74zq1PY

— financial knife & fork (@financial_kf) December 10, 2020