{"id":8327,"date":"2026-10-08T04:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8327"},"modified":"2026-10-08T04:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:42:36","slug":"icann-domains-2026-ai-agi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8327","title":{"rendered":"The latest TLD applications are all about AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers \u2014 better known as ICANN \u2014 is accepting applications for new top-level domains. These are the suffixes at the end of all URLs, and you may know them as things like .com, .org, and .pizza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">ICANN just announced <a href=\"https:\/\/newgtldprogram-aps.icann.org\/statistics\">the 1,615 applications<\/a> that have been submitted so far, from 481 different applicants. The trend will not surprise you: AI is everywhere. Ten different companies, including both Meta and OpenAI, applied for the .agent domain. Seven, including OpenAI, applied for .agi. Six, including OpenAI, applied for .asi, clearly attempting to get in on President Trump\u2019s demand to switch from \u201cartificial intelligence\u201d to \u201csuper intelligence.\u201d Four companies applied for .intelligence, and Meta is one of two interested in the preposterously long .superintelligence. (OpenAI applied for a total of 15 TLDs; Meta wants a whopping 21.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">There are, broadly, two types of domains in these applications. One is more generic, the kind of thing lots of people or companies might use. There are hundreds of those in this current batch, from .geek to .haha to .anime to .jackpot. There\u2019s also my personal favorite new one, .itiswhatitis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The other is purely branded, giving a company its own TLD to use for its own purposes. There are 345 brand applications in this batch, including everything from .applebees and .bankofamerica to .zillow and .zoom. Meta applied for .facebook, .instagram, .messenger, .meta, .frommeta, and .threads, which it could use for many purposes; Bluesky applied for .bsky with the apparent intention of weaving the domain into its usernames; OpenAI applied for .chatgpt, .codex, .openai, .gpt, and others; Anthropic wants .anthropic and .claude. These strings could ultimately make for memorable product pages, social media usernames, and much more besides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It has mostly been a tough road for these alternate TLDs over the last few years. Some, like .ai or .app, have become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/darpanmunjal\/2025\/03\/31\/the-rise-of-ai-domains\/\">somewhat popular<\/a> thanks to various tech trends, but most people just never got used to the idea of typing .restaurant or .babysitting, and .com and a few others have actually become more important than ever. It\u2019s interesting to see so many brands go for their own domain, which only Google and a few others have accomplished before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">This is but one step in the process of creating a new top-level domain, and nothing will be made official before sometime next year. But it appears that even as the world becomes more filled with and mediated by AI, great domain names continue to matter. Even the AI companies think so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1007132\/icann-domains-2026-ai-agi\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers \u2014 better known as ICANN \u2014 is accepting applications for new top-level domains. These are the suffixes at the end of all URLs, and you may know them as things like .com, .org, and .pizza. 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