ArtificialIntelligence.com and the three AI addresses at the top of the market

Three addresses lead the market for artificial intelligence names, and each is at a different stage. One has sold, one is for sale, and one has been built into a working platform.

AI.com is the one that sold, for a reported $70 million. Two-letter .com names are rare, and these two letters are the short form of the fastest-growing field in technology. It held the record for the most expensive domain until Shop.com was reported at about $99 million.

ArtificialIntelligence.com is the one for sale. It is the exact-match .com for the whole industry, and its value is put in the millions. Whoever buys it owns the most literal address in the field.

ArtificialIntelligence.com.ai is the one that was built. Domain Investors acquired it and launched an AI integration platform on it, and analysts estimate the name would now sell for $2 million to $5 million. The .com.ai ending has become a credible home for AI brands.

The platform covers large language models, computer vision and robotics, AI in business, and ethics and regulation, including the EU AI Act. It summarises AI research papers from the main labs and keeps a directory of AI tools with honest notes on price and use.

It is written for developers, business leaders, students, investors and the simply curious. The test is whether a reader with no background can follow it and an engineer still learns something. The long view of the subject sits with Super Intelligence, and the move from scripts to agents with Automation.

For domain buyers the lesson is timing. AI names that traded for four figures in 2020 reached six and seven figures by 2023, and the AI.com sale set a new ceiling. Domain Investors moved early, and the group now includes Artificial Intelligence LLC, AI Limited, AIdotcom.llc and AIdotcom.si. Names on offer are listed under AI domains.

Other desks in the group: Ask AI LLM and AI First LLM on large language models, and Artificial Intelligence and artificial intelligence on the field as a whole. The plain-English reference is Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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