In the debut episode of the Build Mode podcast, we sat down with Deon Nicholas, co-founder of Forethought AI, to unpack what it really takes to build a lasting company with and for your customers from day one.
The goalposts are moving for AI startups when it comes to growth, product features, and just about everything else.
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 21:46 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today's domains are Hoth.com, MiniFest.com, and GreatCare.com.• They review [...]
NameJet/SnapNames reported their October domain name sales, Tesoro.com was the top sale at $91,000. Tesoro was a stock I traded a lot back in the 90’s when I was a stock broker. It was acquired by Marathon Petroleum and renamed Andeavor NameJet Domain Name Brand Product Gross Amt tesoro.com Namejet Expiry $91,000 arcon.com [...]
New registries should enter the market with their eyes wide open. A lot of new companies will enter the domain registry business with the next round of new top level domains next year. Last time around, there was irrational exuberance about the opportunity. Hopefully, people now have more realistic expectations. This isn’t just about volumes. [...]
Application describes ways to use AI to assist with parking page creation and optimization. D3Serve, a company applying blockchain technology to domain names, has filed a sweeping patent application (pdf) covering aspects of domain parking systems. The company is an ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain tokenization through its Namefi platform. Its patent application is titled “System [...]
Ionos reported earnings and dropped a bit of info that will be of interest to domain investors. They are putting the AdTech unit up for sale. This includes Sedo. From the release: The Management Board of IONOS Group SE has decided to put Sedo GmbH, and thus the “AdTech” segment, up for sale and to [...]
A threat campaign known as Beamglea exploited npm packages to target over 135 companies globally. Researchers uncovered 175 malicious packages, 344 related domains, and dozens of IP-linked artifacts through DNS and WHOIS analysis.
The solar-thermal startup wants to deliver electricity for as little as one cent per kWh. But first it has to scale production to 1 million units per year.
Early-stage venture fund Betaworks announced the latest 10 companies launching from its prestigious Camp program.