Overview
- Malaysian entrepreneur Arsyan Ismail sold AI.com in April 2025 for $70 million after buying it in 1993 for $100 at age ten using his mother’s credit card.
- The buyer was Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, with broker Larry Fischer facilitating a deal reported to be paid entirely in cryptocurrency.
- The price is the highest publicly disclosed domain sale to date, surpassing the $49.7 million paid for CarInsurance.com in 2010.
- AI.com was promoted during Super Bowl LX as a consumer platform offering personal AI agents for tasks like messaging, app management and stock trading, with per-user data encryption claimed.
- Marszalek has framed the purchase as essential to avoid commoditization and signaled he will retain the domain despite resale interest, while reports say Ismail had earlier offers near $100 million.