Airbnb为了对抗骗子房东，培养起自己的特工

Airbnb Inc. is purchasing background-check startup Trooly Inc. in an effort to protect its guests and hosts from bad actors.

Airbnb将收购背景调查新兴公司Trooly，以解决房客和房东受坏人侵扰的问题。

Los Altos, California-based Trooly has been helping Airbnb authenticate user identities since 2017.

Trooly公司位于加利福尼亚州洛思阿图斯市，自2017年起，该公司一直都在帮助Airbnb公司认证用户。

By analyzing data from public records, social media and other sources, Trooly’s technology could help Airbnb track various customer violations, such as side deals between guests and hosts.

Trooly利用技术分析公共记录、社交媒体和其他来源的资料，能够帮助Airbnb追踪用户的违约行为，例如房东和房客之间的单边交易。

“We look forward to welcoming the Trooly team to Airbnb in the coming weeks,” said Airbnb spokesman Tim Rathschmidt.

“我们非常期待在未来几周欢迎Trooly团队加入Airbnb，”Airbnb发言人蒂姆•拉斯施密特表示。

He declined to provide a purchase price or specifics of the arrangement.

拉斯施密特拒绝透露收购价格和安排的具体细节。

Trooly was started in 2017, but waited until last year to raise $10 million in its first round of financing, led by Bain Capital Ventures and Milliways Ventures.

Trooly成立于2004年，但去年才进行第一轮融资，该融资由Bain Capital Ventures和Milliways Ventures共同领投，共融资1000万美元。

Airbnb is purchasing Trooly’s intellectual property and engineering team, according to people familiar with the situation.

据知情人透露，Airbnb将收购Trooly的知识产权和工程团队。

The home-rental site is expected to close the deal on Monday when Trooly will shut down operations as an independent company, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.

由于信息保密，知情人不愿透露姓名，他们表示，周一Trooly关闭所有作为独立公司的业务后，Airbnb就会完成此次交易。

The acquisition comes at a time of expansion for Airbnb.

此次收购正值Airbnb拓展业务之时。

The privately held company, valued at about $31 billion, has more than 3 million home and apartment-rental listings and is expanding into new product categories including travel “experiences.”

作为一家价值310亿美元的私人控股公司，Airbnb拥有300万家庭和公寓出租列表，目前正拓展旅行“体验”这样的新的产品。