---
format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1"
id: "7eea0490cfe8ca5b62b975f3f7d18f7e7b479064c2a3f0c7ef4445f8c0de2a18"
canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/7eea0490?lang=en"
title: "ICANN receives 1,615 TLD applications from 481 applicants; Meta, OpenAI, and eight others applied for .agent, seven companies applied for .agi, and six for .asi (David Pierce/The Verge)"
lang: "en"
requested_lang: "en"
available_langs: ["en","vi"]
translation_fallback: null
fallback_fields: []
published_at: "2026-10-08T09:45:00.000Z"
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["agent"]
source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261008/p13"]
summary: "ICANN received 1,615 TLD applications from 481 applicants, including Meta, OpenAI, and eight others applying for .agent, seven companies applying for .agi, and six applying for .asi."
---

# ICANN receives 1,615 TLD applications from 481 applicants; Meta, OpenAI, and eight others applied for \.agent, seven companies applied for \.agi, and six for \.asi \(David Pierce/The Verge\)

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/7eea0490?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-10-08T09:45:00.000Z
**Category:** Regulation
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

ICANN received 1,615 TLD applications from 481 applicants, including Meta, OpenAI, and eight others applying for \.agent, seven companies applying for \.agi, and six applying for \.asi\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261008/p13>)