似乎山姆·奧特曼剛剛斥資超過1,500萬美元,收購了一個4個字母的域名。
周三,OpenAI的CEO奧特曼發(fā)布了一條推文,里面是一個簡單的網(wǎng)址chat.com,現(xiàn)在這是公司旗艦人工智能工具ChatGPT的新網(wǎng)址。
這個新域名之前的所有者是客戶關(guān)系管理平臺HubSpot的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人達(dá)梅什·沙阿,他2023年在LinkedIn上寫道,他為此支付了“八位數(shù)”的金額。
當(dāng)時,沙阿寫道“這是我參與過的最昂貴的域名交易”,他表示之所以購買這個域名,是因為他相信基于聊天的軟件是下一個大趨勢。他還補(bǔ)充道,他不會將這個域名用于自己的公司,如果有買家,他會賣掉它。
沙阿當(dāng)時寫道:“chat.com這個域名非常簡潔短小,完全*切中要點*,并且符合當(dāng)前的需求。”
但僅僅幾個月后,沙阿表示他已經(jīng)賣掉了這個域名,但沒有透露買家的身份。他當(dāng)時表示,他把出售域名賺到的250,000美元捐給了非營利教育組織可汗學(xué)院(Khan Academy)。
在奧特曼發(fā)布推文后,沙阿確認(rèn)OpenAI購買了這個域名。他曾表示他當(dāng)時購買這個域名的價格是1,550萬美元。至于OpenAI為這個域名支付的價格,沙阿故意含糊其辭。
在一篇帶有戲謔意味的ChatGPT風(fēng)格的帖子中,沙阿似乎暗示他沒有從出售域名中獲利,并且可能獲得了OpenAI的部分股份。他在類似提示的段落中表示,他認(rèn)識奧特曼已有10年時間,而且他不喜歡從朋友身上獲利。
OpenAI沒有立即回應(yīng)《財富》雜志的置評請求。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
似乎山姆·奧特曼剛剛斥資超過1,500萬美元,收購了一個4個字母的域名。
周三,OpenAI的CEO奧特曼發(fā)布了一條推文,里面是一個簡單的網(wǎng)址chat.com,現(xiàn)在這是公司旗艦人工智能工具ChatGPT的新網(wǎng)址。
這個新域名之前的所有者是客戶關(guān)系管理平臺HubSpot的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人達(dá)梅什·沙阿,他2023年在LinkedIn上寫道,他為此支付了“八位數(shù)”的金額。
當(dāng)時,沙阿寫道“這是我參與過的最昂貴的域名交易”,他表示之所以購買這個域名,是因為他相信基于聊天的軟件是下一個大趨勢。他還補(bǔ)充道,他不會將這個域名用于自己的公司,如果有買家,他會賣掉它。
沙阿當(dāng)時寫道:“chat.com這個域名非常簡潔短小,完全*切中要點*,并且符合當(dāng)前的需求。”
但僅僅幾個月后,沙阿表示他已經(jīng)賣掉了這個域名,但沒有透露買家的身份。他當(dāng)時表示,他把出售域名賺到的250,000美元捐給了非營利教育組織可汗學(xué)院(Khan Academy)。
在奧特曼發(fā)布推文后,沙阿確認(rèn)OpenAI購買了這個域名。他曾表示他當(dāng)時購買這個域名的價格是1,550萬美元。至于OpenAI為這個域名支付的價格,沙阿故意含糊其辭。
在一篇帶有戲謔意味的ChatGPT風(fēng)格的帖子中,沙阿似乎暗示他沒有從出售域名中獲利,并且可能獲得了OpenAI的部分股份。他在類似提示的段落中表示,他認(rèn)識奧特曼已有10年時間,而且他不喜歡從朋友身上獲利。
OpenAI沒有立即回應(yīng)《財富》雜志的置評請求。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
It looks like Sam Altman just acquired a four letter URL worth more than $15 million.
On Wednesday, the OpenAI CEO ominously tweeted a simple URL, chat.com, which is now the new home of his company’s flagship AI tool, ChatGPT.
The new URL was previously owned by Dharmesh Shah, the cofounder of CRM platform HubSpot, who wrote on LinkedIn in 2023 that he paid an “8 figure sum” for it.
At the time, Shah wrote that it was “the most expensive domain name transaction I’ve ever been involved with,” saying he bought the domain name because he believes chat-based software is the next big thing. He also added he would not be using the domain name for his own company and would sell it if a buyer appeared.
“Chat.com is absolutely brilliant in terms of simplicity, shortness and being totally *on point* and meeting the moment,” Shah wrote at the time.
Yet, just a few months later, Shah said he had sold the domain without specifying who the buyer was. He said at the time he had used $250,000 of the gains from the sale and donated it to Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization.
Following Altman’s tweet, Shah confirmed that OpenAI had purchased the domain name, which he said he had bought for $15.5 million. As for the price that OpenAI paid for the URL, Shah was intentionally vague.
In a tongue-in-cheek ChatGPT-style prompt in his post, Shah seemed to imply that he did not profit off the domain sale and likely took some OpenAI shares as payment. He stated in the prompt-like passage that he has known Altman for 10 years and doesn’t like to profit off of his friends.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment.