# OpenAI's Dots Agents and xAI's Acquisition of Dot.com

DevFeed: [OpenAI's Dots Agents and xAI's Acquisition of Dot.com](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/did-elon-musk-buy-dot-com-just-to-troll-openai-s-new-ai-agent-dots-63002.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hackernoon.com/did-elon-musk-buy-dotcom-just-to-troll-openais-new-ai-agent-dots?source=rss>)

Author: Clapback

Published: 2026-09-30T17:48:09Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [HackerNoon](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hackernoon.md>)

Topics: [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Bot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bot.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [always-on-ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/always-on-ai-agents.md>), [dot-dotcom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dot-dotcom.md>), [dots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dots.md>), [elon-musk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/elon-musk.md>), [hackernoon-top-story](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hackernoon-top-story.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [openai-dots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai-dots.md>), [trolling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trolling.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI introduced Dots, persistent AI agents designed to keep working after users stop interacting. Around two months before the announcement, xAI acquired Dot.com, which now redirects to Grok Bot. The article says the acquisition and redirect are confirmed, but the reported $20 million price and the claim that the purchase was meant to troll OpenAI are unverified.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI launched Dots, its new always-on AI agents. Months earlier, Elon Musk's xAI acquired Dot.com--and now the domain redirects straight to rival Grok Bot.