Key points
- We track 276 companies on .ai domains. The 9 with a reported valuation are worth $1.3T combined, led by Anthropic ($965B), xAI ($250B), Cognition ($26B).
- Of the 30 names we've checked in the registry, the most common registrars are Namecheap (8), GoDaddy (7), Cloudflare (5). Big-brand registrar MarkMonitor holds 4.
- Half of those names are paid up less than 1.8 years ahead; 5 are renewed five or more years out.
- 40% have all three registrar locks (delete, transfer, update). Only 1 (x.ai) has locks set by the registry itself.
- Cloudflare runs DNS for 109 of 274 companies (40%), and Google Workspace handles email for 59 of 72 (82%).
What this report covers
This report describes the companies in the aidomaindata directory, not every .ai name. The .ai registry had about 1.28 million registered names in June 2026, according to Wikipedia; most are parked, held by investors or unused. Our directory covers companies with a live product on a .ai domain, from frontier labs to startups that launched this month. Registry figures cover the 30 listings where we've made a registry lookup; DNS and email figures cover every listing where the records were checked. Data as of 9 Nov 2026.
The companies
Listings by category:
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| Developer tools and infrastructure | 49 |
| Business tools | 40 |
| Other | 31 |
| Image, video and 3D | 29 |
| Productivity and meetings | 20 |
| Search and research | 20 |
| Voice and speech | 19 |
| Agents and automation | 15 |
| AI labs and models | 14 |
| Coding | 13 |
| AI assistants | 13 |
| Healthcare AI | 8 |
| Autonomous vehicles | 3 |
| Robotics | 2 |
Categories group each listing's own description; see the directory for every company.
Who registers .ai names for AI companies
Retail registrars dominate. Namecheap, GoDaddy and Cloudflare together hold 20 of the 30 names we've checked. Corporate brand-protection registrars such as MarkMonitor and CSC, the kind large companies use for their main domains, hold 5. They include claude.ai, devin.ai, harvey.ai, stability.ai, x.ai, which suggests those companies treat the name as a core brand asset.
| Registrar | Names |
|---|---|
| Namecheap | 8 |
| GoDaddy | 7 |
| Cloudflare | 5 |
| MarkMonitor | 4 |
| Porkbun | 1 |
| RegistrarSEC | 1 |
| Megazone | 1 |
| 101domain GRS | 1 |
| CSC Corporate Domains | 1 |
| Dominet (HK) | 1 |
How old the names are
9 of the 30 names show a registry creation date of 15 or 16 December 2017. That's not when they were registered: the .ai registry moved every domain to a new system on 16 December 2017 (Wikipedia), so those names were registered on or before that date. For a company founded after 2017, that means the name existed before the company did, which suggests it was bought from an earlier owner.
The rest were registered more recently: 2 in 2018, 2 in 2019, 1 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2024, 5 in 2025, 3 in 2026.
Renewals and locks
.ai names are registered for two to ten years at a time (Wikipedia). The median name in our sample is paid up only 1.8 years ahead, close to the two-year minimum. 5 are renewed five or more years ahead, the longest being exa.ai (to 27 Jan 2036).
29 of 30 have a transfer lock, the basic protection against a name being moved without permission. 12 also block deletion and changes. Locks set by the registry itself, the strongest protection available, appear on x.ai only. The registry names the owner for 5 of 30; the rest are hidden by a privacy service or redacted.
DNS and email
DNS providers across the directory:
| DNS provider | Companies |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 109 (40%) |
| Amazon Route 53 | 24 (9%) |
| Namecheap DNS | 10 (4%) |
| Vercel DNS | 8 (3%) |
| dns1.registrar-servers.com dns2.registrar-servers.com | 5 (2%) |
| GoDaddy DNS | 4 (1%) |
| Google Cloud DNS | 3 (1%) |
| Alibaba Cloud DNS | 3 (1%) |
Email:
| Email on the .ai domain | Companies |
|---|---|
| Google Workspace | 59 (82%) |
| No email on the domain | 5 (7%) |
| Microsoft 365 | 2 (3%) |
| Cloudflare Email Routing | 2 (3%) |
| Lark (Feishu) | 2 (3%) |
| Zoho Mail | 1 (1%) |
Most companies run their email on the .ai name as well as their product, which suggests the .ai domain is their main company domain rather than a marketing address.
Funding
Listings include 26 disclosed funding rounds, each linked to its source; 6 of them since May 2026. The full list is in our funding tracker, and the valuation ranking shows the latest valuation for each company.
| Date | Company | Raised | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | otter.ai | $320M | — |
| Sep 2026 | harvey.ai | $550M | $15.5B |
| Sep 2026 | mistral.ai | €3B | €21B+ |
| May 2026 | claude.ai | $65B | $965B |
| May 2026 | devin.ai | $1B+ | $26B |
| May 2026 | openrouter.ai | $113M | — |
The .ai name market
We've recorded 22 reported .ai sales from 2026, led by bot.ai at $1,200,000. See 2026 sales and the most expensive .ai sales.
Method and limits
Registry data comes from one lookup per domain in the .ai registry's public RDAP service, cached and never bulk-queried, as its access policy requires. DNS data comes from public records. Funding figures come from company announcements and established press, linked on each company's page. The sample is small and not random: it reflects the companies we've added to the directory so far, so treat percentages as indicative. We'll update this report each quarter.
Questions
- Which registrar do .ai companies use most?
- Among the 30 company domains we've checked, Namecheap is most common (8), followed by GoDaddy (7).
- How far ahead do companies renew .ai domains?
- The median is 1.8 years ahead; 5 of 30 are renewed five or more years out.
Sources
- Wikipedia: .ai
- Identity Digital: RDDS access policy
- Directory figures are computed from aidomaindata's listings, each linked to its own sources
Written by aidomaindata from the sources above. For information only, not financial or legal advice. Spot a mistake? Email hello@aidomaindata.com and we'll review it within two working days.