.foundry
Is .foundry a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
- Starlight Registry
An evocative word for studios, chip shops, and "venture foundries," but most would still pick .com; demand looks thin and specialist.
deep-tech and creative studios, semiconductor and hardware shops, venture builders and AI "foundry" programs that want a maker-flavored brand suffix
In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round. Their catalog line: “Where chip designs become silicon reality.”
One of 40 strings Starlight Registry (established by registrar Namecheap) applied for in the ICANN 2026 round, reported by Domain Name Wire on 2026-08-19.
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: a singular generic noun naming a place-where-things-get-made that small creative and production shops already use as the literal last word of their company name, so the registry is selling identity replacement ("Acme Studio" → acme.studio) rather than a topic.
Same bet in the industrial register: an English workshop/plant noun that functions as a company-name suffix, betting that firms styling themselves "X Works" will treat the extension as the second half of their name.
Same suffix-as-identity mechanic for maker/industrial-flavored companies, but it is a plural abstract category word rather than a concrete place-of-making, so it reads more as a corporate-vanity descriptor than a craft workshop.
- Starlight Registry · first recordedDomain Name Wire
- Journey To The West Corporation · first recordedJourney To The West Corporation
“For us, moving into the registry side is a natural extension of what we have been building.”Domain Name Wire
“.foundry · Tech & Electronics · “Where chip designs become silicon reality.””Journey To The West Corporation