When AI.com was sold for a staggering $70 million and OpenAI secured $100 billion in financing, dominating news across the internet and sparking a dual frenzy in domain investment and AI sectors, another heavy-weight news quietly ignited the industry. China's "Domain King" Cai Wensheng has low-key acquired the top-level domain CAI.com. Upon the news breaking, the domain, cryptocurrency, and AI circles erupted with excitement, with insiders stating: "This is the ultimate digital asset that spans the two gigantic windfalls of cryptocurrency and AI, offering more imagination than AI.com!"
CAI.com Emerges: Supported by Dual Windfalls, Will Its Value Crush AI.com?
The rumor of the acquisition of CAI.com is no coincidence, but rather reflects Cai Wensheng's strategic layout in the dual tracks of cryptocurrency and AI, further highlighting the rare value of this top-level domain. CAI.com was registered in 1990, three years earlier than AI.com, making it a "hard currency" in the domain world.
"'CAI' is an abbreviation for Crypto and AI, with Crypto referring to cryptocurrency, not the pinyin of my surname," Cai Wensheng emphasized. Its core advantage lies in the dual semantic support: it can be interpreted as "Crypto + AI," precisely spanning the two hottest trillion-dollar markets worldwide today.
Compared to the recent explosive AI.com deal, the potential value of CAI.com is even more pronounced. In February 2026, AI.com changed hands for $70 million, setting a new record in global domain transactions, with its core value derived from its absolute identifiability in the single AI track.
However, CAI.com not only possesses the same scarcity of a short domain name but also achieves full coverage of the track—deeply binding Crypto (cryptocurrency, Web3) and AI (artificial intelligence), which perfectly aligns with the current trend of "AI + Crypto" convergence in the tech industry. Moreover, it is worth noting that Cai Wensheng has long been dubbed the "Domain King," having once owned tens of thousands of quality domain names. His investment insight has always been sharp, and this acquisition of CAI.com forms a link with his series of actions in Hong Kong aimed at building a Crypto + AI ecosystem, becoming an important part of his digital ecosystem layout, undoubtedly providing the strongest endorsement of the domain's value.
Cai Wensheng's layout in the Crypto + AI track is by no means limited to the domain level. He spent HKD 650 million acquiring a whole commercial building in Hong Kong's Queen's Road and renamed it CAI Tower, creating a physical entrepreneurial space for the Crypto + AI track. This 25-story building has been precisely planned as an AI-Web3 incubator, with the first floor featuring an AI café as a window for technology exchange and display, floors 2-3 designated as activity experience areas, floors 8-11 opened as free shared office spaces, and floors 12-21 specifically inviting AI and Web3 enterprises to settle in, forming a complete chain of tangible ecosystem from entrepreneurial incubation to resource connection and technology exchange, perfectly carrying the track concept behind the CAI domain and providing a real grounding for the integration of Crypto + AI.
At the same time, Cai Wensheng's actions in the Hong Kong capital market are equally significant, as he invested HKD 70.93 million to acquire 50.71% control of the Hong Kong-listed China New Economy Investment (0080.HK) and renamed it CAI Holdings, linking capital with the previously acquired China Financial Leasing. A series of actions clearly outlines his strategic blueprint: using Hong Kong as a core base to create a professional Crypto + AI investment group leveraging Hong Kong's international financial advantages, science and technology innovation policy benefits and a free digital ecosystem, achieving a tripartite layout of capital platform, physical incubation space, and top digital domain name, making CAI a super symbol bridging digital assets, physical entrepreneurship, and capital investment.
The AI Sector's Crazy Explosion:Hundreds of Billions in Financing+Frequent Sky-High Domain Prices,Is it a Trend or a Tsunami?
The rumors of the acquisition of CAI.com are backed by the crazy explosion in the AI sector over the past few months, with various heavy funding rounds and sky-high domain transactions taking place one after another.
Statistics show that the total financing amount in the global AI sector in 2025 is approximately $211 billion (about RMB 1.5 trillion), accounting for nearly 50% of the total global venture capital financing. This data comes from authoritative institutions such as CrunchBase and PitchBook, reflecting the capital heat of the AI industry in 2025.
Just before the transaction of AI.com, news broke that OpenAI was about to complete a new round of financing worth $100 billion, with tech giants like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Amazon entering the fray. After this round of financing, OpenAI may reach $830 billion, soaring nearly 30 times from $29 billion within two years, demonstrating capital's extreme optimism about the AI sector.
The $70 million transaction of AI.com is also seen as a signal that the AI industry is transitioning from a technological race to a brand competition, with top-level domains acting as "golden locations" for enterprise digital layout, thus fully activating their value. In addition, a number of global AI startups have recently completed large rounds of financing, with increasing temperatures in areas such as AI large models, AI tools, and AI + industry applications, keeping the track's heat high.
Regarding the commercial potential of CAI.com, several senior figures in the domain circle have expressed high praise. "The uniqueness of CAI.com lies in that it breaks the limitations of a single track, achieving coverage of both Crypto and AI windfalls. Coupled with Cai Wensheng's personal IP endorsement, its commercial value is immeasurable."
From OpenAI's $100 billion financing to AI.com's $70 million transaction, and now to the rumored acquisition of CAI.com by Cai Wensheng, the craziness of the AI sector has long exceeded expectations. Top-level domains, as the core assets of the digital age, are becoming a new focus for capital layout, and CAI.com, with its unique scarcity and dual-track attributes, will undoubtedly become the next sky-high domain to explode in the market. This wave triggered by domains not only highlights the immense potential of digital assets but also indicates that the era of "AI + Crypto" integration has already accelerated its arrival.
It is reported that this heavyweight transaction was facilitated by the global premium domain trading platform DN.com, which has established deep cooperative relationships with many top enterprises and domestic internet giants like 58.com.
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