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OpenAI purchases chat.com [updated]

OpenAI purchases chat.com [updated]

Chat.com sells for $15M plus to ChatGPT firm OpenAI.

OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT and perhaps the most ideal firm to own the domain name, has purchased chat.com.

HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah originally bought the domain last year, plunking down over $15.5 million for the domain name. He turned around and sold the domain shortly thereafter for a profit, but he didn’t name the buyer.

Now, it is confirmed that OpenAI was the buyer. Shah confirmed that he took some of the purchase price in shares.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a one-word tweet this morning, stating merely “chat.com”.

Sam Altman tweet

Note: the original version of this story stated the domain sold three times: once to Shah, another time between Shah and an unknown buyer, and then from the unknown buyer to OpenAI. It turns out Shaw sold the domain directly to OpenAI, and it just took the firm a while ahead of announcing the purchse.

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