xAI grabbed dot.com and redirects it to Grok, trolling OpenAI's Dots launch
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-09-30
Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent "Dots" on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain dot.com, which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page. The internet widely read it as a deliberate troll of OpenAI's launch.
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