It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains
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The surge in applications for .agent and .agi top‑level domains shows how AI is shaping internet branding, potentially affecting how businesses and users find AI‑related services online.
What’s in a URL anymore, really. 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 that have been submitted so far, from 481 different applicants. The trend will not surprise you: AI is everywhere. Ten different companies, including b
ICANN is the global organization that manages the domain name system, including the creation of new top‑level domains (TLDs) like .com.org, and newer ones such as .pizza.
- •Follow ICANN’s evaluation timeline for approving the new AI‑focused TLDs
- •Watch which companies secure the .agent and .agi domains
- •Monitor how the new domains are adopted by websites and services