<div id="readability-page-1"><div> <p id="speakable-summary">Just in time to create a new Super Bowl ad, Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek has made the priciest domain purchase in history, buying AI.com for $70 million, according to the Financial Times. The deal, paid entirely in cryptocurrency to an unknown seller, shatters previous records. (Broker Larry Fischer, who facilitated the sale, is presumably celebrating his good fortune.)</p> <p>Marszalek plans to debut the site during Sunday’s big game, offering consumers a personal AI agent for messaging, app usage, and stock trading. “If you take a long-term view — 10 to 20 years – [AI] is going to be one of the greatest technological waves of our lifetime,” he told the FT.</p>   <p>The purchase rewrites the domain record books — not that crypto industry itself is known for its restraint when it comes to spending. Previously, CarInsurance.com held the crown at $49.7 million (2010), followed by VacationRentals.com ($35 million in 2007) and Voice.com ($30 million in 2019). Other eye-popping sales include PrivateJet.com ($30 million), 360.com ($17 million), and Sex.com, which has sold twice for over $13 million each time, though its second owner went bankrupt trying to monetize it.</p> <p>“With assets like AI.com, there are no substitutes,” Fischer told the FT. “When one becomes available, the opportunity may never present itself again.”</p> <p>Whether these mega-dollar domains actually deliver returns remains an open question. But for Marszalek, who already owns Crypto.com and dropped $700 million on stadium naming rights, owning two category-defining domains is apparently worth the outlay.</p> </div></div>

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<p>Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek has purchased the domain AI.com for $70 million, marking the highest price ever paid for a domain. The deal, completed in cryptocurrency, aims to launch a personal AI agent during the Super Bowl. This purchase surpasses the previous record held by CarInsurance.com at $49.7 million. Marszalek believes AI will be a significant technological wave in the coming decades. The investment raises questions about the return on such high-value domains, but for Marszalek, owning two major domains is seen as a worthwhile endeavor.</p>

- Kris Marszalek, founder of Crypto.com, purchased the domain AI.com for $70 million, marking the highest price ever for a domain.  
- The transaction, conducted entirely in cryptocurrency, surpasses the previous record held by CarInsurance.com at $49.7 million.  
- Marszalek intends to launch the site during the Super Bowl, promoting a personal AI agent for various applications, highlighting the growing significance of AI technology in the long term.

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