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AI.com
Broker Larry Fischer and the Domain's Owner
Comment on Potential for Industry's First 9-Figure
Sale |
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Over the
weekend TheInformation.com published an
article titled AI.com
Is for Sale. Asking Price? $100 Million
(subscription required to unlock the story) by Akash
Pasricha. It was about pioneering domain
broker Larry Fischer (GetYourDomain.com)
being selected by the domain's owner to handle a
potential sale of what is probably the most valuable domain name one could imagine at
this point in time when artificial intelligence is
revolutionizing the world we live in. Before
the article came out I spoke with both Larry (who
has been a friend for over 20 years) and Akash, who
wrote an insightful biographical sketch about
Larry that made it easy to understand why he was
chosen to the market this unique asset. As big a
name as this is, it's not Larry's first rodeo as
Akash noted, writing "Fischer has spent
nearly 30 years buying, selling and brokering
deals for marquee internet domains. On top of Messenger.com,
his greatest hits include selling Skincare.com
to L’Oréal in 2015, selling Teams.com to
Microsoft in 2020 and selling Chat.com in
2022 to HubSpot co-founder Dharmesh Shah, who
quickly flipped it to OpenAI." Of
course, everyone in the domain business, already
knew Larry was one of the small handful of super
brokers that the greatest names tend to go to. So,
no surprise AI.com would end up with him, but the eye-popping
potential of this domain leaves a BIG
question in everyone's mind - just how high
can it go? The highest publicly reported all-cash domain-only
sale (no business or
other assets included) on record is Voice.com
at $30 million. Larry has no doubt that AI.com
will blow that number away and he confided
that he has already received higher offers since
the news broke that AI.com is available.
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Image from Bigstock
Larry
Fischer
GetYourDomain.com
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It's no
longer a question of whether or not it would be a
record breaking sale - it is a question of could it
be one that defies gravity and launches a domain
asset into an entirely unprecedented nine-figure
orbit. Larry thinks it could happen and told me
the reasons why.
"Potential
buyers are those who crave exclusive ownership of
something unparalleled,"
Larry said. "Imagine a crypto mogul like
Justin Sun or a tech titan like Sam Altman,
Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk seizing
this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For
them—or any visionary Tech or AI
company—acquiring this domain isn’t just a
purchase; it’s a power move. It transforms
them from being one of many to being the only one.
This is a trophy piece. Once it’s off the market,
it’s gone forever. Years from now, people will
look back and say, ‘Can you believe they secured
AI.com for just nine figures?’"
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In
addition to his own insight, Larry was able
to provide me with some exclusive comments
from the owner of AI.com himself - a
long-time investor who values his privacy
but was moved to speak given the singular
significance of this particular domain. He
said, “I
prefer to think of myself as a thinker
and visionary rather than a traditional
businessperson. I’m more of a geek or
nerd, like Elon Musk, and I approach things
from that perspective. The things I’ve
done feel inevitable to me—like I was just
born in the wrong country and in the wrong
era. I’ve
always been ahead of the curve, working on
things before they’re fully ready for
the market. It’s like inventing
something—always ahead of its time. The
timing hasn’t always aligned, and the
market often isn’t ready when I’m
already there.”
"As
for AI.com,
acquiring it didn't have anything to do with
the growth of Artificial Intelligence in
recent years, it was just simply, to have a vanity
domain name that so happened to be my |
Image from Bigstock
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initials.
And out of the blue, Artificial Intelligence
has picked up it's pace exponentially in the
industry, and I was in the middle of it. As
usual, I happened to be there ahead of
its time. I'm truly blessed on my luck
really. So,
when the time came to sell the domain,
choosing the right broker was just as
important. For me, the answer was clear:
Larry Fischer. His reputation, talent,
and personality made him the perfect fit.” |
For
more infomation on the availability of AI.com,
your first stop should be https://linktr.ee/larryfischer.
Serious inquiries and offers for AI.com can be directed to:
[email protected]
and Media Inquiries can be made to Jeffrey Fischer at
718-285-0808.
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(Posted
March 3, 2025)
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