.intelligence
Is .intelligence a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.intelligence is contested: 3 applicants have said publicly that they applied to run it, as of 27 August 2026. They are Radix, Starlight Registry and Link Freedom Group.
A long, descriptive word riding the AI wave, but shorter AI-focused endings dominate; useful for taglines, rarely a main brand.
ai and business-intelligence startups, OSINT and analytics consultancies, and marketing teams wanting a descriptive secondary domain rather than a primary brand
In LFG's published list of 300+ strings submitted before the ICANN window closed on 2026-08-12. Their catalog tagline: “Smarts that make a difference.”
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.
One of 46 ICANN 2026-round applications Radix announced on its own applications page. Radix states it intends to build and operate each TLD it wins.
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 exactly: an abstract capability noun naming a technical discipline, sold to vendors who want the category itself as their identity, and dependent on that discipline staying a buzzword long enough for someone to pay category-level rent.
Also an abstract mass noun at the center of the same vendor industry and bought by the same kind of firm, but it names the raw material rather than the capability, so it leans more on being an infrastructure word than on a discipline's prestige.
An abstract capability noun that a whole vendor industry would put its primary identity on, and like the target it carries a double meaning (corporate practice vs. physical/state function) that splits the buyer pool rather than concentrating it.
What a .intelligence domain is
.intelligence is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under AI & tech. 3 applicants have said publicly that they applied for .intelligence.
Is the .intelligence domain extension real yet?
.intelligence is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .intelligence domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .intelligence name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .intelligence was .analytics, delegated on .
Is .intelligence a real TLD?
Not yet. .intelligence is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because an applicant said publicly that it applied for .intelligence in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round. Every claim on this page links to its source.
- Radix · first recordedRadix
- Starlight Registry · first recordedDomain Name Wire
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“Radix has applied for these TLDs; we do not own or operate them today.”Radix
“For us, moving into the registry side is a natural extension of what we have been building.”Domain Name Wire
“.intelligence · Lifestyle · “Smarts that make a difference.””Link Freedom Group
“LFG voluntarily published its full list of submissions ahead of ICANN’s official Reveal Day.”PR Newswire (Link Freedom Group)
“Top level domain registry Link Freedom Group (LFG) has disclosed more than 300 strings submitted as part of the ICANN new top level domain name program.”Domain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
- Band: usable but limited (30-49). The string is semantically strong for the AI era and for business-intelligence and analytics positioning, so some genuine registrations and end-use are plausible over the next 5 years. But at twelve characters it is long to type and say, and by analogy with other long descriptive gTLDs such as .technology and .solutions, long dictionary endings tend to attract volume- or price-driven registrations with weak brand signal and a thin aftermarket, while the short country-code .ai has, by analogy, absorbed most premium AI-identity demand. It is not in the 50-69 band because there is little sign of sustained primary-identity demand for long descriptive strings even in hot categories, and it is not in the 10-29 band because the AI and intelligence semantics give it real, non-joke utility for descriptive and campaign use. Applicant facts: Link Freedom Group filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round, published its list before Reveal Day, and catalogs this string under 'Lifestyle' with the tagline 'Smarts that make a difference.'; a large-portfolio applicant suggests a broad-catalog retail play rather than a dedicated vertical registry, which typically implies generic marketing rather than category-building (analogy). Pricing, marketing plans, and comparable-TLD registration performance are unknown. Main market uncertainty: whether AI-sector naming demand spills over from short AI-branded endings into long descriptive strings at all, or stays concentrated where it is.