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Airbnb has closed on a more than $1 billion round of funding in February, according to CNBC. It is now worth approximately...

Airbnb has closed on a more than $1 billion round of funding in February, according to CNBC. It is now worth approximately $31 billion. The company also turned profitable in the second quarter of 2016, a person close to the company confirmed with CNBC. The home-sharing giant further expects to be profitable this year, the source said, and has no plans to go public soon. Since its start in 2008, Airbnb has raised more than $3 billion.

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