OpenAI has purchased Chat.com, including to its assortment of high-profile domains.
As of this morning, Chat.com is now redirecting to OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the acquisition by way of e mail.
Chat.com is among the oldest domains on the net, having been registered in September 1996. Final yr, it was reported that HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah bought Chat.com for $15.5 million, making it one of many prime two publicly reported area gross sales of all time.
The area identify doesn't seem to have modified arms because it was bought final yr, which signifies that OpenAI isn't internet hosting ChatGPT on Chat.com – so this most likely isn't a rebrand.
OpenAI declined to say how a lot it paid for Chat.com.