often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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During the dot-com bubble, organizations trimmed costs by scaling back dedicated QA functions, while tech companies prioritized speed over quality assurance in their race for growth.
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Ruslan Desyatnikov, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The dot-com bubble saw retail investors lose trillions as platforms prioritized volume over outcomes, gamifying investing rather than educating investors.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
The stock hit a 52-week high in Friday’s session, its highest since the end of the dot-com bubble in 2000.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 June 2025
The paradigm shift is reverberating deeper in the core of the organization as well, and enterprises are now experimenting with AI agents in finance, procurement, logistics, legal, and IT with a sense of urgency not seen since the dot-com boom.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Ruslan Desyatnikov, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The dot-com bubble saw retail investors lose trillions as platforms prioritized volume over outcomes, gamifying investing rather than educating investors.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
The stock hit a 52-week high in Friday’s session, its highest since the end of the dot-com bubble in 2000.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 June 2025
The paradigm shift is reverberating deeper in the core of the organization as well, and enterprises are now experimenting with AI agents in finance, procurement, logistics, legal, and IT with a sense of urgency not seen since the dot-com boom.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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