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ICANN publishes 1,615 domain applications; OpenAI, Meta and Google vie for .agent

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Source: CircleID

ICANN published 1,615 applications from 481 applicants in its 2026 new top-level domain round. The .agent string drew 13 applicants including OpenAI, Meta and Google’s registry Charleston Road; .agi drew seven and .asi five. OpenAI applied for 15 strings including .chatgpt and .gpt, Meta for 18 including .llama, and Anthropic for .anthropic and .claude. ICANN finalises the list and opens objections on 17 November.

Why it matters

Contested AI names such as .agent will go to contention resolution, and objections to any string open on 17 November.

When
7 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0145
Who
ICANN, OpenAI, Meta, Google, Anthropic
Topics
AI agents

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from CircleID. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0145: “ICANN publishes 1,615 domain applications; OpenAI, Meta and Google vie for .agent.” wheresthe.ai, 7 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-icann-agent-agi-gtld-applications-2026-10/ (source: CircleID).

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