OpenAI has bought the URL of what used to be an adult video chat website for more than $15,500,000
The Verge pointed this out after noticing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Tweeted (or rather, "X'd"?) just the chat.com URL, presumably because the redirect had just gone live. The previous owner of the URL was HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah who purchased it in 2023 for $15.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI paid millions using cash and stock for new ChatGPT URL
It seems Sam Altman has splurged millions on a new domain, securing chat.com for OpenAI’s ChatGPT. On Wednesday, Altman took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the sleek, four-letter URL, which now serves as the latest online home for the popular AI tool.
OpenAI just spent millions on a new URL for ChatGPT
Who knows what OpenAI will decide to do about ChatGPT, but just "chat" does roll off the tongue rather well, so I can see why OpenAI could be considering this move. Chat is short
OpenAI Acquires Chat.com Domain
OpenAI has quietly picked up Chat.com, and now visitors to the domain are redirected straight to ChatGPT, the company’s flagship AI-powered chatbot. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the move with a subtle post on X,
OpenAI folds AI-powered search engine into ChatGPT
Other tech companies, including giants like Google and Microsoft, as well as startups like the San Francisco-based Perplexity, have offered similar technologies.
OpenAI buys new domain chat.com for over $15 million, it redirects to ChatGPT
OpenAI has bought the domain chat.com. Clicking on it automatically routes you to the ChatGPT website. The AI giant's CEO Sam Altman announced this on Thursday, November 7, 2024, by simply posting the URL on X (Formerly Twitter) without any description or reasoning.
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