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Does anyone know who owned chat.com before? That can't have been cheap.

loceng 2y ago
"Some" cash + mucho shares in overinflated company?
LeoPanthera 2y ago
It was an adult "chat" site: https://web.archive.org/web/20230101040501/https://www.chat.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230101040501/https://www.chat.... (NSFW) Though it looks like they were already trying to sell the domain: https://web.archive.org/web/20221208222423/https://www.chat.com/opportunity https://web.archive.org/web/20221208222423/https://www.chat.... Historically, it was owned by CNet's download.com (remember that?) and it redirected to their chat apps category.
- jsheard 2y ago
  Huh, I wonder how many adult content filters that domain is still on. That might be an impediment to them making it the primary domain in the short term.
- aipatselarom 2y ago
  This recently featured article comes to mind → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41951131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41951131.
- benhurmarcel 2y ago
  Ah that's why it's blacklisted on my corporate network
- type0 2y ago
  they should autopaste "talk dirty to me" prompt for everyone redirected from it
tikkun 2y ago
Anonymous, but prior to that it was Dharmesh from Hubspot https://domainnamewire.com/2023/05/25/chat-com-sells-for-8-figures-again/ https://domainnamewire.com/2023/05/25/chat-com-sells-for-8-f...
- HyprMusic 2y ago
  OpenAI was the anonymous buyer: https://x.com/dharmesh/status/1854307883304792294 https://x.com/dharmesh/status/1854307883304792294 Copy & paste for those who can't visit Twitter: > BREAKING NEWS: Secret acquirer of $15+ million domain chat .com revealed and it's exactly who you'd think. > For those of you that have been following me for a while, you may recall that I announced earlier this year that I had acquired the domain chat .com for an "8 figure sum" (which was later reported as being $15.5M). > I also shared that I had sold the domain to an undisclosed buyer. > I was not at liberty to share who the acquirer was (I was going to leave that to them, when they were ready). > Well, in a 8 character tweet (talk about brevity), Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI revealed that they were the buyer. If you visit the website now, it goes to ChatGPT.
gukov 2y ago
$15M, apparently.

"Some" cash + mucho shares in overinflated company?

It was an adult "chat" site: https://web.archive.org/web/20230101040501/https://www.chat.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230101040501/https://www.chat.... (NSFW) Though it looks like they were already trying to sell the domain: https://web.archive.org/web/20221208222423/https://www.chat.com/opportunity https://web.archive.org/web/20221208222423/https://www.chat.... Historically, it was owned by CNet's download.com (remember that?) and it redirected to their chat apps category.

jsheard 2y ago
Huh, I wonder how many adult content filters that domain is still on. That might be an impediment to them making it the primary domain in the short term.
aipatselarom 2y ago
This recently featured article comes to mind → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41951131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41951131.
benhurmarcel 2y ago
Ah that's why it's blacklisted on my corporate network
type0 2y ago
they should autopaste "talk dirty to me" prompt for everyone redirected from it

tikkun 2y ago

Anonymous, but prior to that it was Dharmesh from Hubspot https://domainnamewire.com/2023/05/25/chat-com-sells-for-8-figures-again/ https://domainnamewire.com/2023/05/25/chat-com-sells-for-8-f...

HyprMusic 2y ago
OpenAI was the anonymous buyer: https://x.com/dharmesh/status/1854307883304792294 https://x.com/dharmesh/status/1854307883304792294 Copy & paste for those who can't visit Twitter: > BREAKING NEWS: Secret acquirer of $15+ million domain chat .com revealed and it's exactly who you'd think. > For those of you that have been following me for a while, you may recall that I announced earlier this year that I had acquired the domain chat .com for an "8 figure sum" (which was later reported as being $15.5M). > I also shared that I had sold the domain to an undisclosed buyer. > I was not at liberty to share who the acquirer was (I was going to leave that to them, when they were ready). > Well, in a 8 character tweet (talk about brevity), Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI revealed that they were the buyer. If you visit the website now, it goes to ChatGPT.

gukov 2y ago

$15M, apparently.