Will.i.am's $3 Billion Airbnb Mistake
Will.i.am just casually dropped that he was offered $200K to invest in Airbnb before launch - and turned it down because they didn't have room service. I caught up with him at CES to talk about his AI-powered car Trinity, which runs on NVIDIA's DGX Spark with MCP protocols and N8N workflows built into the cabin. But the real story was his investment history: Tesla before the Roadster, OpenAI in 2022, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Runway, Lovable, Eleven Labs. The man has been in the AI game longer than most people realize. Then he told me about the one that got away - and the lesson about how success can blind you to the next big thing. Join our Discord: https://rfer.me/discord Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/jBB-smaWsB0 Key moments 00:00 Introduction to the live stream and the guest 00:12 Introducing Trinity, his 800-horsepower AI car 00:30 Explaining the car's AI software stack 01:28 The sleek, fighter-jet inspired car design 02:04 His history of early tech investments 03:17 The story of passing on investing in Airbnb 04:13 The lesson learned: When success blinds you CONNECT WITH RAY X (Twitter): https://x.com/RayFernando1337 Weekly AI Insider Newsletter: https://dub.sh/RayMasterAI #CES2026 #William #AIInvesting #NVIDIA #DGXSpark #Airbnb #TechInterview
