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Airbnb acquires GamePlanner.AI, its first acquisition as a public company, to accelerate some AI projects; sources say the deal is valued at just under $200M

Sources: Airbnb acquires Gameplanner.AI, in a deal valued at ~$200M, to accelerate some of its AI projects, marking its first acquisition as a public company

- Airbnb has made its first acquisition as a public company, in a deal valued at just under $200 million, sources familiar with the deal told CNBC.

Data brokers like Sift and Kustomer, which share consumers' est. lifetime value with companies, now share it with customers on request due to new privacy laws

Little-known companies are amassing your data — like food orders and Airbnb messages — and selling the analysis to clients.

Atlassian acquires Code Barrel, makers of Automation for Jira, a tool used to automate routine processes with Jira that is used by Visa, Cisco, Airbnb, more

Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :

Airbnb-backed budget hotel startup Oyo acquires the @Leisure Group from Axel Springer for €369.5M to expand into Europe

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :

Source: Airbnb is paying a little more than $400M for HotelTonight, with about half in cash and half in stock

Dennis Schaal / Skift :

Airbnb says it is acquiring discount hotel booking app HotelTonight for an undisclosed sum; HotelTonight was valued at $463M in a March 2017 funding round

Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News :

Airbnb has acquired Denmark-based startup Gaest, which helps businesses book off-site spaces for meetings and events

Sean O'Neill / Skift :

Expedia says it has acquired short-term home rental startups Pillow and ApartmentJet as it looks to expand accommodation options and compete with Airbnb

Aisha Al-Muslim / Wall Street Journal :

Airbnb acquired adtech startup AdBasis on Nov. 13; AdBasis will be available to customers until Feb. 2018 and team will be brought into Airbnb

It looks like accessibility isn't the only thing that Airbnb wants to upgrade on its platform.  On the same day that Airbnb announced that it acquired Accomable …