It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains
What's happening
ICANN opened the latest round of top-level domain applications and published 1,615 submissions. OpenAI filed 15 new TLD applications including.openai,.chatgpt,.gpt,.agi and.agent;.gpt was filed as a brand TLD and multiple companies applied for it, while.agent is the most contested. Other applicants are also targeting AI-related suffixes (eight applicants for.api, seven for.agi), signaling intense competition for AI-branded domains.
Why it's trending
Big tech and AI companies rushed to claim AI-related TLDs as ICANN reopened applications after a long pause.
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Buying.com is old-school. If you want to own the AI layer of the web, stake a claim on.agi or.agent now, OpenAI already filed 15 including.agi,.gpt and.agent and those suffixes are getting crowded.
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- OpenAI applied for 15 new top-level domains, including .gpt, .chatgpt and .agi
ICANN published all applications for new top-level domains on October 7, the first round since 2012. OpenAI applied for 15 of them: .openai, .chatgpt, .gpt, .agi, .asi, .agent, .mcp, .codex, .model, .skill, .evals, .voice, .deploy, .oai, .daybreak A few details from the data: .gpt is filed as a brand TLD, but OpenAI isn't alone: two other companies applied for .gpt too .agent is the most contested
r/OpenAIOct 8 - ICANN reveals bids for new top-level domains
Big tech has piled in with plenty of asks, but faces a fight as eight applicants want .api and seven seek .agi
The RegisterOct 8 - It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains
For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - better known as ICANN - 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. ICANN just announced the 1,615 applications […]
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