often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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But unlike the dot-com era, some of the biggest AI companies, such as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI, remain private, making market evaluations difficult to access.
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Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Think the dot-com boom, or the pre-financial-crisis expansion.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
And as anyone who lived through the dot-com bubble can tell you, the story can be right even when the price is wrong.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 May 2026
That was just before the dot-com bubble burst.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Think the dot-com boom, or the pre-financial-crisis expansion.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
And as anyone who lived through the dot-com bubble can tell you, the story can be right even when the price is wrong.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 May 2026
That was just before the dot-com bubble burst.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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