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Did OpenAI Just Spend More Than $10 Million on a URL?

Did OpenAI Just Spend More Than $10 Million on a URL?

Chat.com now redirects to ChatGPT.

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Bruce Burke
Nov 07, 2024
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On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a simple URL on X: chat.com. It automatically routes to ChatGPT.

Previously, the domain was owned by Dharmesh Shah, the founder and CTO of HubSpot. In early 2023, Shah purchased chat.com for $15.5 million. However, just a few months later, he announced that he had sold the domain, though he wouldn’t disclose the…

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