Airbnb Introduces $10,000,000 OMG! Fund for World’s Craziest Listing Ideas

Airbnb is on the lookout for the world’s craziest spaces, and the company is even willing to help pay. The $10,000,000 OMG! Fund seeks ideas from designers, architects, DIYers and makers worldwide. The fund’s $10 million will go toward helping to finance 100 of the craziest ideas, allowing idea-makers to turn them into actual Airbnb OMG! Category listings. The OMG! Category includes Airbnb’s most unique homes.

Submit applications here. The chosen 100 receive $100,000 each to make their creations, with ideas judged by an expert panel on originality, feasibility, the experience and sustainability. The fund is open through July 22.

Judges include Iris Apfel, irreverent centenarian style icon; Koichi Takada, founder of Sydney-based international Koichi Takada Architects; Kristie Wolfe, the Airbnb Superhost behind Potato Hotel, Crystal Peak Lookout and more; and Bruce Vaughn, vice president of experiential creative product, Airbnb.

“When the Idaho Potato Commission retired a six-ton prop potato, I took it off their hands and spent $32,000 transforming it into an Airbnb,” said Kristie Wolfe, Airbnb Superhost and OMG! Fund judging panelist. “I went from making $13/hr to seeing $208,000** in earnings in less than three years, and leveraged that income to bootstrap my way through additional listings that allow me to express my creativity and connect with hundreds of people in the process.”