We have once again witnessed Musk's ability to make money. The last time he bought Twitter for $44 billion was last year.
After the high-value AI.com domain name changed hands in 2021, it was idle for a period of time, and was suddenly redirected to ChatGPT in February this year.
For ChatGPT users, type these characters in the browser every time they visit: https://chat.openai.com/
It's really troublesome, so it must be a very good thing that AI.com can directly access ChatGPT.
However, earlier this month, the domain name AI.com was redirected to the official website of Elon Musk's AI company (https://x.ai/).
Is it very confusing, is it very surprising?
For Musk, good names should come back.
X (formerly Twitter) asked for @xai user name back not long ago, and used it as the official account of xAI, and the platform also returned @x user name without the user’s consent, to serve from Twitter to X Rebranding.
In addition, Elon Musk spent 10 years and $10 million to purchase the Tesla.com domain name.
Now I don't know how much Boss Ma spent to own the AI.com domain name.
According to public reports, when OpenAI purchased the domain name, AI.com asked for $11 million.
AI.com and Tesla.com are already two of the most expensive domain names in history, which is enough to make people wonder.
But there is one more thing that makes you absolutely exclaim: being rich is self-willed.
In 2019, Block.One, a blockchain software company, spent $30 million to purchase the Voice.com domain name to build a blockchain-based social media platform.
$30 million doesn't seem like much, does it?
Note, this is US dollars, equivalent to RMB 216 million! Can't think of it. It's really poverty that limits my imagination.
Information Sources:
https://mashable.com/article/ai-com-domain-redirects-to-elon-musk-x
https://techstartups.com/2023/08/02/elon-musk-buys-ai-com-from-openai-just-4-months-after-chatgpt-creator-acquired-the-domain-for-11-million/