An Airbnb cofounder's new startup is building $289,000 prefab tiny homes
- Airbnb's Joe Gebbia is now the cofounder of Samara, a startup building backyard tiny homes.
- Samara's studio and one-bedroom ADUs start at $290,000 including instillation costs.
- ADUs have been on the rise across the US over the last few years.
Airbnb's cofounder Joe Gebbia has said goodbye to short-term rentals and hello to backyard tiny homes, signaling the continued boom of the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) market.
Gebbia is now the cofounder of Samara, a tiny home startup with plans to factory-build studios and one-bedrooms that can be dropped into its customers' backyards.
Samara started as Airbnb's in-house design studio in 2016 before becoming its own entity this year, Konrad Putzier reported for The Wall Street Journal.
But the startup hasn't wholly abandoned its relationship with Silicon Valley's beloved company.
