AI.com Sells for $70 Million, the Highest Price Ever Disclosed for a Domain Name (ft.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/06/185213/aicom-sells-for-70-million-the-highest-price-ever-disclosed-for-a-domain-name
- Source link: https://www.ft.com/content/83488628-8dfd-4060-a7b0-71b1bb012785
The entire sum was paid in cryptocurrency to an undisclosed seller. Marszalek plans to debut the site during a Super Bowl ad this weekend, offering a personal "AI agent" that lets consumers send messages, use apps and trade stocks. The previous domain sale record was nearly $50 million for Carinsurance.com, per GoDaddy.
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/83488628-8dfd-4060-a7b0-71b1bb012785
lol (Score:2)
Well if you ever needed proof the crypto charlatans were in the same vent circle as the AI guys...
The next big domain name (Score:2)
Quick: the domain IA.com is [1]still available [afternic.com]! Do I hear $07 million?
[1] https://www.afternic.com/forsale/ia.com
Like wallstreet (Score:3)
My friend sold wallstreet.com for $1.03 Million, and all I got was a lousy T-shirt.
My T-shirt said: My friend sold wallstreet.com for $1.03 Million, and all I got was a lousy T-shirt.
100% true.
Surprised ... (Score:2)
Surprised it wasn't already snapped up by one of the big AI companies. Guess congrats to whoever got their bag on that one.
Impressed (Score:3)
Someone made a profit from AI.
Re: (Score:3)
They are [1]not the only people [slashdot.org] to make a profit from AI!
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/26/1731231/how-a-15000-person-island-stumbled-into-a-70-million-ai-windfall
To be fair... (Score:4, Insightful)
This is right on schedule matching up with the end of the dotcom era. Though back then everybody IPOd as soon as possible. Now it's just a bunch of Enron-esque circular deals with Theranos-levels of impossibility, so I guess one or two people will get rich, and a few companies will be left holding the bag.
Re: (Score:2)
ai.com = pets.com.
Twain was right history rhymes.
Will x.org be next? (Score:3)
Now everyone has moved to Wayland sell the old domain to a mad billionaire instead.
Re: (Score:2)
Because you would need to find a mental case billionaire who had some weird obsession with the letter x.
How likely is that?
\o/ (Score:1)
Even an AI hallucination couldn't explain the reasoning leading to this choice.
What it really is (Score:2)
"offering a personal "AI agent" that lets consumers send messages, use apps and trade stocks."
I bet $500 that behind the scenes this actually turns out to be a bunch of poorly-paid remote workers in the Philippines.
Just like the last time we heard about an amazing 'agent' thing and it was actually...wait for it...a bunch of poorly-paid remote workers in the Philippines.
Dear Mr Marszalek... (Score:3)
I have a wonderful business opportunity to offer you: NotARugPull dot something. Please let me know your budget and I will let you know what "something" will be.