J.D.
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There had been a lot of hype about .ai the last two years, and the government of Anguilla made a killing.
Most of this money was provided by domain investors chasing the current thing. A few got in early, hit big, and have been slowly liquidating to a hungry group of domainers ready to buy. But the DeepSeek AI black swan event is a classic case of what pundits have referred to as a Sputnik moment. Listening to numerous takes from subject experts on DeepSeek popping the Ai Bubble, very few saw this Chinese firm backed tech upending USA dominance in the artificial intelligence field.
Oddly enough, China is no.1 in producing the most STEM graduates, followed by India No. 2, and USA at a light-year away distant 3rd. So, we shouldn't be surprised that American exceptionalism was a cover for American arrogance and grifting.
The trickle down effect will come fast and hard to the .ai extension aftermarket.
The music has stopped as Venture Capitalists are panicking after pumping 100s of billions into U.S. Ai startups the last two years. Moreover, they were smoothly sold a false premise: Silicon Valley was far ahead of any other countries on practical Ai and needed 100s of billions to make it work.
FALSE!
Yet, VC world opened those wallets wider than ever chasing the next big thing. Today, the same VCs are scrambling to cancel pending deals.
Companies using Ai or .ai in their online branding will sprint back to the safety of dotcom. Ai extension was a temporary novelty to attract the eyes of VCs but it is no longer a differentiator as nearly every SaaS company has or will have implemented some level of Ai by the end of 2025. They will seek the umbrella and global power of .com.
Two groups of .ai hype artists will be noticed over the next year:
(1) the disappearing hype artist (Success)
(2) the pump and dump Ai artist trying to shed their portfolios on the easily duped (Failure/Bankruptcy)
The upgrade stampede away from .ai to .com has begun.
In the domain game, trends come and go but all roads lead to DotCom.
Most of this money was provided by domain investors chasing the current thing. A few got in early, hit big, and have been slowly liquidating to a hungry group of domainers ready to buy. But the DeepSeek AI black swan event is a classic case of what pundits have referred to as a Sputnik moment. Listening to numerous takes from subject experts on DeepSeek popping the Ai Bubble, very few saw this Chinese firm backed tech upending USA dominance in the artificial intelligence field.
Oddly enough, China is no.1 in producing the most STEM graduates, followed by India No. 2, and USA at a light-year away distant 3rd. So, we shouldn't be surprised that American exceptionalism was a cover for American arrogance and grifting.
The trickle down effect will come fast and hard to the .ai extension aftermarket.
The music has stopped as Venture Capitalists are panicking after pumping 100s of billions into U.S. Ai startups the last two years. Moreover, they were smoothly sold a false premise: Silicon Valley was far ahead of any other countries on practical Ai and needed 100s of billions to make it work.
FALSE!
Yet, VC world opened those wallets wider than ever chasing the next big thing. Today, the same VCs are scrambling to cancel pending deals.
Companies using Ai or .ai in their online branding will sprint back to the safety of dotcom. Ai extension was a temporary novelty to attract the eyes of VCs but it is no longer a differentiator as nearly every SaaS company has or will have implemented some level of Ai by the end of 2025. They will seek the umbrella and global power of .com.
Two groups of .ai hype artists will be noticed over the next year:
(1) the disappearing hype artist (Success)
(2) the pump and dump Ai artist trying to shed their portfolios on the easily duped (Failure/Bankruptcy)
The upgrade stampede away from .ai to .com has begun.
In the domain game, trends come and go but all roads lead to DotCom.