This last week it was announced that Airbnb was in talks of funding that would value the company at $10 billion making it's co-founders the first billionaires of the Sharing Economy.

“The trio’s first funding came in 2009, when they got into famed tech incubator Y Combinator and eventually impressed founder Paul Graham as well as Sequoia Capital, who put up $600,000 in seed funds after the program. The company’s raised money from a range of Silicon Valley elite investors since Sequoia, which was joined in a Series A round by Greylock, SV Angel, and angels including Ashton Kutcher. In 2011, it raised $112 million at a valuation north of $1 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz and joined by DST and General Catalyst Partners as well as Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. The next year, it raised $200 million in a Series C round led by Founders Fund along with its existing investments in a deal that values the company around $2.5 billion.”

Now valued at $10 billion from private equity sources, Airbnb is worth more than Hyatt Hotels. Check out Forbes coverage of the big deal here and let us know what you think. What does this mean for Airbnb and the sharing economy? Will this become an ultimate goal for all sharing economy platforms?