OpenAI Acquires Chat.com (domainnamewire.com)
(Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:30PM (BeauHD)
from the perfect-fit dept.)
- Reference: 0175420317
- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/06/224243/openai-acquires-chatcom
- Source link: https://domainnamewire.com/2024/11/06/openai-acquires-chat-com/
OpenAI has [1]acquired the chat.com domain name , likely for well over $10 million. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a one-word tweet this morning, simply stating, "chat.com." Domain Name Wire reports:
> The chat.com domain name has changed hands for the third time in two years. HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah kicked off the buying last year, [2]plunking down over $15.5 million for the domain name. He turned around and sold the domain shortly thereafter for a profit.
[1] https://domainnamewire.com/2024/11/06/openai-acquires-chat-com/
[2] https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2024/dailyposts/0416.htm
> The chat.com domain name has changed hands for the third time in two years. HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah kicked off the buying last year, [2]plunking down over $15.5 million for the domain name. He turned around and sold the domain shortly thereafter for a profit.
[1] https://domainnamewire.com/2024/11/06/openai-acquires-chat-com/
[2] https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2024/dailyposts/0416.htm
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by kellin ( 28417 )
Just goes to show there's too much wasted money being thrown around. I was looking to pick up a website just to use as a redirect, to make it easier to hand out and the squatter wanted $10k for it. LOL. You keep it, I'll grab another variation. Went with a .us domain instead since it only costs me a few bucks a year.
I don't care (Score:1)
no domain is worth that amount of money
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ChatGPT is already the Kleenex or Xerox of LLM. And they've already been shot down for trying to trademark GPT. So Chat.com makes a lot of sense from the perspective of protecting their brand which is two untrademarkable words.