But they are considerably more expensive than more common TLDs, so if you’re getting one you presumably want it specifically and understand the association users will make.

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dylan604 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Or it could be that the .com domain was already registered and unavailable, so they started browsing the other TLDs to see where they could find something and felt like .ai is new/hip/trendy

	▲	latexr 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Which we know is not the case here, if you just visit the domain (instead of the submitted subdomain). https://goldenowl.ai This is very much an AI-centric website.

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kergonath 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe, but there are still many reasons to get one and it does not make anybody less legitimate than AI startups (which was the parent’s point).

Besides, they do sell AI-related services.

	▲	latexr 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		> and it does not make anybody less legitimate than AI startups (which was the parent’s point) Was it? I’m interested in what exactly in their post makes you say that. I see confusion, not any accusation regarding legitimacy. > Besides, they do sell AI-related services. I know, I checked the main domain. My point was simply that if you spend extra money on a domain which has a strong association with something, it would be expected that whatever you put on it is associated with it (which indeed is the case). Otherwise you’d be wasting money and confusing potential users, which isn’t generally good business practice.