Airbnb Leads $13 Million Investment in Dining Reservations App Resy


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Airbnb will use and is investing in a relatively small dining reservations platform to test out how Airbnb will mesh with complementary services. Along with Airbnb Trips, dining reservations could be only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
As Airbnb furthers its ambitions to expand into other sectors, the short-term rental site announced on Monday that it's leading a $13 million Series A investment in Resy, a New York City-based dining reservations mobile app. Founded in 2014, Resy is available in about 1,000 restaurants in 50 U.S. markets and states it has booked nearly