Not on the same scale as AI, but my first ever AirBnB host still owns harley.com. He made his money writing "The Yellow Pages of the Internet" physical books and had turned down numerous lucrative offers from Harley Davidson.

Really fascinating and quirky guy as you can probably infer from the site.

	▲	jsheard 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Similarly, the guy who owned nissan.com never sold out and continues to spite Nissan Motors even in death. https://nissan.com/ You've got to actually use a trademark-adjacent domain in good faith though, otherwise you might get the rug pulled from under you. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69634055/75-million-dolla...

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zarzavat 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> The real flex would be for AI.com to have nothing to do with AI whatsoever

Apple Intelligence?

	▲	amarant 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Apple Inc. was right there man. Talk about missing the low hanging fruit! ;)

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Hamuko 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In an incredible coincidence, I just yesterday listened to a podcast episode that discussed milk.com.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5526903/domain-name-val...