OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, acquired the valuable chat.com domain from HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah, redirecting it to ChatGPT in a move reflecting OpenAI's rapid expansion and rising valuation.

On Wednesday, Sam Altman cryptically posted "chat.com" on X. Of course, the URL redirects to ChatGPT's homepage. Speculation is that OpenAI wanted a short domain name,

The Verge pointed this out after noticing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Tweeted (or rather, "X'd"?) just the chat.com URL, presumably because the redirect had just gone live. The previous owner of the URL was HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah who purchased it in 2023 for $15.

In a rather strange move, OpenAI has now acquired the chat.com domain. But, why? Here's all that you need to know about it!

The Chat.com domain, which was registered in September 1996, now redirects to OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT.

OpenAI has bought the domain chat.com. Clicking on it automatically routes you to the ChatGPT website. The AI giant's CEO Sam Altman announced this on Thursday, November 7, 2024, by simply posting the URL on X (Formerly Twitter) without any description or reasoning.

OpenAI has scooped up a domain name that sounds like a logical fit. TechCrunch reports that Chat.com, which was previously bought for over $15 million, is now in the hands of the ChatGPT maker. According to the domain history website who.