Sabina Ionescu over at DomainWheel.com posted a fact filled article on the rise of .ai. Some of the data was available on the whois.ai website but Sabina presented it in a nicer way. One data point I found interesting was the income generated for Anguilla. Vince Cate explained that things are going to get even better: “The exciting part is at the end of this year, we will start getting … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz answers some questions on why he dipped his toe in the .ai pool
So the first real news in domaining of 2024 was that Rick Schwartz started investing in .ai domain names. I asked Rick if he would answer a few questions and he graciously agreed. One point Rick made was this, "I am NOT endorsing .Ai. I am sharing the fact that I am dabbling." I think it's an interesting read and hope you enjoy the interview. Q1) What made you decide to invest in .ai domain … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz starts 2024 buying .ai domain names
The domain king Rick Schwartz started the new year off with some new investments in the .ai space. He tweeted out he spent a little over $64K. … [Read more...]
Igor Gabrielan on his Bloomberg.ai domain name
Igor Gabrielan who has one of the best .ai portfolios around posted on Namepros that Bloomberg Finance L.P. filed a complaint with regards to his Bloomberg.ai. AdForum received a complaint from Bloomberg Finance L.P. about my domain name bloomberg.ai and is considering this complaint. I interviewed Igor last month it's worth a read as he was very early to .ai. … [Read more...]
Andy Booth purchases Cognitive.ai in 6 figure transaction
Andy Booth tweeted out that he purchsed Cognitive.ai. Andy is really going all in on AI and purchasing some great .ai domain names. https://twitter.com/360/status/1732338933361418258 … [Read more...]
Google just started treating .ai as a gTLD in June of this year
SearchEngineJournal.com published a piece on how Google treats.ai. As most know .ai domains have been doing very well this year as far as sales. .Ai sales in 2023 have already surpassed the full year of 2022. This is the question that was asked: “Should a global company use the .ai domain as their gTLD or is it considered by Google as a ccTLD for the country of Anguilla?” Google’s … [Read more...]
Researchers found a way to take control over an .ai domain name
TheStack.Technology published an interesting and troubling piece on security researchers figuring out how to take control over any .ai domain name they wanted. Luckily they did report their findings to the proper parties and patches were applied. Still an interesting read. From the article: A group of security researchers exploring how to hack domain registries ended up with the ability to … [Read more...]