openai.com
- Status
- Taken
- Registered
- 2007
- Registrar
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Appraisal
- Strong 76
- Free handles
- 1 of 8
Report built 2026-10-11 20:04 UTC. Registry, DNS and handle answers are as of that moment.
Score
Appraisal
openai.com is rated Strong, 76 out of 100 (72 to 85: a name most buyers would be glad to own). The rating shows how strong the name is as a name; it is not a price.
In its favour: 6 characters; 3 syllables. Against it: a coined word with no dictionary meaning (can be a strong brand if it sounds good).
Screening
We looked for rude readings of openai.com in word lists for 20 languages, whole and across the join between words, and found none. A clear result is a good sign, not a guarantee.
Availability
openai.com is registered. It is in our .com zone snapshot, so it cannot be registered by anyone else unless the owner lets it expire or sells it.
Registration
- Registrar
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Registered
- 2007-01-19
- Expires
- 2029-01-19
- Transfer lock
- On
- DNS
- Microsoft Azure DNS, azure-dns.info, azure-dns.net
- DNSSEC
- Off
openai.com is registered through MarkMonitor Inc. and dates from 19 January 2007 (19 years ago).
It is paid until 19 January 2029 (about 2.3 years left).
The registry transfer lock is on, which blocks an unauthorised move to another registrar.
DNS is run by Microsoft Azure DNS and azure-dns.info (4 nameservers); DNSSEC signing is off.
It has mail servers (aspmx.l.google.com and alt1.aspmx.l.google.com) and a DMARC policy of “reject”.
Social handles
1 of the 8 handles we checked for “openai” look free, among them Mastodon (mastodon.social).
Already in use on GitHub, npm package, PyPI package, crates.io and RubyGems.
A handle that looks free can still be reserved or banned by the network, so check it there before you plan around it.
Name in context
At 6 characters openai.com is shorter than 92% of registered .com names (the median is 12).
Lookalikes
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Hosting
DNS hosted at Microsoft Azure DNS, azure-dns.net, azure-dns.org.
Health
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc., expires 2029-01-19.
History
The Internet Archive holds 20,046 captures of openai.com, from 2001 to 2026, in 18 different years.
There is a gap of 65 months with no capture at one point.
In 2001 the home page was titled “b/w”.
In 2024 the home page was titled “OpenAI” and reads as business and consulting. Its description said: “Creating safe AGI that benefits all of humanity”.
Overall the history looks clean (score 95 of 100, confidence some). The archive does not hold every site and a clean result means nothing was found, not that nothing happened.
We found no red flags in what we could read. That is a good sign, not a guarantee.
Findings
- A 65-month gap in the history Low The site went dark for a long period at some point, which can mean it lapsed and was re-registered.
- 1 capture(s) could not be read Note Some captures were error pages or bot-check pages and were left out of the judgement.
- 18 years of archive history Good sign A long history with no red flags found.
Archive timeline
20046 captures between 2001-07-06 and 2026-10-11.
- 2001
3 - 2003
3 - 2004
6 - 2005
4 - 2010
1 - 2014
2 - 2015
6 - 2016
55 - 2017
180 - 2018
699 - 2019
655 - 2020
378 - 2021
366 - 2022
1446 - 2023
6052 - 2024
7435 - 2025
1352 - 2026
1403
What the archive shows
- 2001-07-06b/wOpen this capture in the archive
- 2024-02-14 business and consultingOpenAICreating safe AGI that benefits all of humanityOpen this capture in the archive
- 2026-10-11 could not be readOpen this capture in the archive
Some archived page addresses
- /%22https:/images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/IPgFYDUMeUtWcg2ze2IsP/118ea87d54734ef3f49b432ee2a35b56/DALL_E_2024-07-17_16
- /%EF%BC%89/
- /&
- /&a=OpenAI
- /"/
- /&usg=AOvVaw0428uXC88P9g34t6DemBOv&opi=89978449/
- /-0.00122em
- /-0.0026em
- /-0.004rem
- /-0.005em
- /-0.0068em
- /-0.0124em
- /-0.0167em
- /-0.01em
- /-0.02em
Today
- Registered now: unknown.
- Spamhaus DBL Not listed
- SURBL Not listed
- URIBL Not listed
What this audit cannot tell you
- The Internet Archive does not hold every site, and it honours removal requests.
- We read at most three captures of the home page, so the topic is a rough label.
- A clean result means nothing was found, not that nothing happened.
- We cannot see who links to the domain; that needs a paid backlink index.
Questions about openai.com
Is openai.com available to register?
openai.com is registered. It is in our .com zone snapshot, so it cannot be registered by anyone else unless the owner lets it expire or sells it.
When was openai.com registered, and who is the registrar?
openai.com is registered through MarkMonitor Inc. and dates from 19 January 2007 (19 years ago).
When does openai.com expire?
It is paid until 19 January 2029 (about 2.3 years left).
Is openai.com a good domain name?
openai.com is rated Strong, 76 out of 100 (72 to 85: a name most buyers would be glad to own). The rating shows how strong the name is as a name; it is not a price.
Are the social media handles for “openai” available?
1 of the 8 handles we checked for “openai” look free, among them Mastodon (mastodon.social).
What was openai.com used for in the past?
The Internet Archive holds 20,046 captures of openai.com, from 2001 to 2026, in 18 different years. There is a gap of 65 months with no capture at one point. In 2001 the home page was titled “b/w”.
Is openai.com on a spam blocklist?
No. It was not listed on Spamhaus DBL, SURBL and URIBL when we checked.
Each card comes from one of the site’s tools and carries the same limits: a name missing from our .com zone snapshot is not always free, the score and appraisal are our heuristics and not a valuation, and a clear screening is a good sign, not a guarantee. A report is a snapshot with its date; always confirm with your registrar before you buy, and check that a name does not infringe a trademark.