Recently, I saw some media reports that ai.com redirected to the official homepage of DeepSeek at www.deepseek.com. However, I remember only last year when I saw the news that ai.com redirected to the ChatGPT homepage. At that time, there were also a lot of articles exposing that ai.com was acquired by OpenAI.
It only took two rounds of mass media to reveal the clues, and OpenAI did not go bankrupt. How could DeepSeek sell the ai.com domain to it as soon as it became popular. So those who understand speculate that the owner of the ai.com domain did not sell it to either OpenAI or DeepSeek, but still holds it and redirects to their homepage, just to attract media exposure, ride on the heat, and increase the value of the domain.
Chinese media roast
- ITBear Technology News: Who is popular in the AI industry!
- Blue Dot Network: It seems that the domain name has not been sold yet, hoping to continue riding on the hot spot
- Tencent website: AI industry has been buzzing with popularity
- cnBeta.COM：The domain name has not been sold yet and continues to ride on hot topics
- ……
AI.com’s popularity record
- As early as 2023, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT becoming popular worldwide, ai.com redirected to the chat interface of ChatGPT, and there were rumors that OpenAI had acquired this domain.
- Afterwards, whenever a new AI star product is launched, such as Google’s Gemini or Musk’s xAI’s Grok model, ai.com will adjust its jump targets accordingly and keep up with industry hotspots.
- In 2024, the redirect pages of ai.com will once again return to ChatGPT, a behavior pattern that clearly reflects its role as an “industry barometer” – it will redirect to the AI model with high popularity.
- In 2025, ai.com jumped to the homepage of DeepSeek. This jump is not only a response to the popularity of the DeepSeek model, but also a microcosm of the fierce competition and rapid iteration in the AI industry.
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