often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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The bursting of the dot-com bubble helped cause the 2001 recession and led the Nasdaq to lose over 75% of its value by late 2002.
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Michael Burry has doubled down on his concerns of an AI bubble, drawing similarities between Cisco during the late ‘90’s dot-com crash and one key tech company today.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Many of the major tech companies of today do not have the lack of revenue that many companies had during the dot-com bubble in 2000.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
At the height of the dot-com boom, Burry was publicly short Amazon.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Michael Burry has doubled down on his concerns of an AI bubble, drawing similarities between Cisco during the late ‘90’s dot-com crash and one key tech company today.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Many of the major tech companies of today do not have the lack of revenue that many companies had during the dot-com bubble in 2000.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
At the height of the dot-com boom, Burry was publicly short Amazon.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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