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IANA has it as Internet Computer Bureau Ltd [0], which was bought by Afilias in 2017 [1] and is operated as a subsidiary, and Afilias itself was bought by Donut
by ethbr0 5y ago
IANA has it as Internet Computer Bureau Ltd [0], which was bought by Afilias in 2017 [1] and is operated as a subsidiary, and Afilias itself was bought by Donuts in 2020 [2], and Ethos Capital acquired a controlling interest in Donuts in 2021 [3].
So it's accurate to say that ICB (inasmuch as it exists) operates .io, as a subsidiary of Afilias, a Donuts company, controlled by Ethos Capital.
Simple!
[0] https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/io.html https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/io.html
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Computer_Bureau https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Computer_Bureau
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afilias https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afilias
[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donuts_(company) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donuts_(company)