AI Domains

After three decades of watching technology cycles repeat themselves, one pattern has stayed constant. Founders who build companies that last think about naming very differently from those who are just trying to launch. The difference shows up in the very first conversation. Casual founders ask one practical questionIs this name available Serious founders ask deeper ones Will this name still …

I have advised founders on domain name decisions for nearly three decades. Across cycles, bubbles, crashes, and reinventions, one pattern has stayed stubbornly consistent. Founders do not regret moving fast.They regret locking themselves into weak identities. In the early days of a startup, everything feels expensive. Servers feel expensive. Hiring feels expensive. Marketing feels expensive. Legal and compliance feel painfully …

No venture capitalist will ever say this out loud. They will not mention it in feedback.They will not include it in rejection emails.They will never put it on a due-diligence checklist. But your domain name is being judged long before your pitch deck is finished. Often before your first meeting even begins. For experienced investors, a domain name is not …

The honest answer is no.The experienced answer is more nuanced. After working with founders across multiple cycles of the internet economy from the early dot com era to SaaS to today’s AI wave one truth has stayed remarkably consistent. Your domain choice quietly shapes how seriously the world takes you long before your product speaks for itself. Why Dot Com …

In India, founders value clarity.If something works, we replicate it. That instinct has powered entire industries. But in 2026, that same instinct is quietly damaging one of the most important assets your startup will ever own: its name. Adding “AI” to your startup name feels logical.It feels safe.It feels descriptive.It feels modern. In reality, it is already a strategic mistake. …

AI.com has been sold for a reported $70 million, setting a new all-time record for a domain name sale. The acquisition, confirmed by Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek, signals a major milestone for AI-focused digital assets and the growing importance of category-defining domain names.