https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/19/airbnb-has-confidentially-filed-to-go-public/ > In a turn of fortune, Airbnb today announced that it has filed to go public, albeit confidentially. > The move puts the home-sharing service on a path to a public offering sooner rather than later, and comes after reports that the company was prepping an IPO filing this month. Those same reports indicated that Airbnb could go public as soon as the end of the year.