Airbnb & DoorDash earnings, SafeMoon execs charged

Airbnb Q3 earnings: revenue: $3.4B (+18% y/y), net income: $4.4B (includes one-time $2.8B tax benefit), FCF: $1.3B, gross bookings: $18.3B (+17% y/y), nights and experiences booked: 113.2M (+14% y/y); shares were down 3% on muted outlook - Link

DoorDash Q3 earnings: revenue: $2.16B (+27% y/y), net loss: -$75M, gross order volume: $16.8B (+24% y/y); shares were up 15%+ on positive guidance and narrowing losses - Link

The Information sources: TikTok livestreamers received $250M+ from users in Q3 2023; the company takes a 50% cut on these tips and is on track to earn ~$500M in US tips in 2023 - Link

The SEC charged SafeMoon’s CEO and CTO with selling unregistered crypto securities and misappropriating $200M+ of investor funds - Link

Nuts.com is your one-stop shop for the highest quality foods for business. They offer delicious office snacks, corporate gifts, and wholesale ingredients. Nuts.com is offering new business customers a free gift with purchase and free shipping on orders of $125 or more at Nuts.com/twist.

Convai CEO Purnendu Mukherjee joins Jason to discuss creating AI-powered NPCs using Convai (6:05), the birth of generative AI (22:17), open-source vs. closed AI (36:01), and much more! - Link

Flexport has officially acquired Convoy’s tech stack, and the shuttered startup’s CEO, Dan Lewis, is joining Flexport as part of the deal - Link

Coinbase announced that eligible US retail investors can access BTC and ETH futures contracts after the company received regulatory approval - Link

HubSpot acquired B2B data provider Clearbit, which has 400K+ users and 1.5K business customers on the platform - Link

Chainguard, a startup that helps businesses secure their open-source software, raised a $61M Series B led by Spark Capital - Link

This Week in Startups

E1839: Giving NPCs the power of AI with Convai's Purnendu Mukherjee

E1838: Airtable CEO Howie Liu on pivoting from blitzscaling to profits, AI applications, and more

E1837: AI Demos! Cap table management platform, AI-powered job interviews, & more!

E1836: Loop Golf's Matt Holder on auto tee times for golfers, plus: Cruise robotaxi suspension

E1835: Demoing Google Suite's AI plus legal docs, detection, and more!

Embroker - Get an extra 10% off with code TWIST

Northwest Registered Agent - Get a 60% discount on your next LLC

Notion - Try Notion Projects for free today