Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek buys ai.com domain name for record $70 million: FT
Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek purchased the ai.com domain for a record $70 million to signal his move into the artificial intelligence sector.Summary
Kris Marszalek, the founder and CEO of the crypto exchange Crypto.com, has acquired the ai.com domain name for $70 million, marking the highest publicly disclosed price for a website domain, according to the Financial Times (FT). This acquisition signals Marszalek's significant entry into the artificial intelligence industry, which saw nearly $1.5 trillion in global spending in 2025. The transaction, finalized in April 2025, was reportedly conducted entirely in cryptocurrency and more than doubled the previous domain purchase record of $30 million. The ai.com platform is debuting a consumer service featuring autonomous AI agents designed to execute tasks like trading and workflow automation, aiming to be the "front door to AGI" via a decentralized network. The platform's launch was accompanied by a Super Bowl commercial that caused the website to crash due to unprecedented traffic levels.
(Source：CoinDesk)