The AI.com domain’s value in the field of artificial intelligence is indisputable. And this domain name now has a very familiar new owner: Elon Musk…
Experts estimate that the domain name, which was previously referred to OpenAI, is worth over $3 million given the current interest around artificial intelligence. AI.com is now redirected to X.ai, a new artificial intelligence research company founded by Elon Musk. The reason for transferring the domain from OpenAI to X.ai is unclear. The company may have decided not to use the AI.com brand for the long term or sold it to Elon Musk for profit in a private deal.
This latest transfer continues the myth of the AI.com domain name that has changed hands among tech companies for over 20 years. Allegedly, Google was the original owner of the domain during the AI boom of the 1990s.
Two-letter .com domains are rare entities, especially if they form a familiar term like “AI”. X.ai probably sees owning AI.com as an investment in building its brand.
Although AI.com may seem like a digital trophy, its owner still faces a content creation issue behind the domain. X.ai also needs to make meaningful progress in AI to fully exploit AI.com’s branding potential.
In July, Elon Musk said the AI company will “understand the true nature of the universe.” xAI is still in its infancy, but Musk has already made some significant hiring. The company’s chief executive officer is Ilya Sutskever, a former director of research at OpenAI. Other notable recruits include Igor Babuschkin and Manuel Kroiss, who have worked on Google’s DeepMind project.
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