often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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And yet, compared to the dot-com boom, the story of artificial intelligence is weirder.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Disney's deal is also a coup for OpenAI amid a tumultuous time for the stock market, as some worry that AI investment and optimism may lead to a bubble reminiscent of the 1990s dot-com boom.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
But following a half-decade boom, the dot-com bubble burst just after Cisco reached its zenith, a collapse that wiped out more than three-quarters of the Nasdaq's value by October 2002.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
Investors have waited more than 25 years for this moment, with the stock trading at levels last seen during the peak of the dot-com era.
—Carmen Reinicke, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Disney's deal is also a coup for OpenAI amid a tumultuous time for the stock market, as some worry that AI investment and optimism may lead to a bubble reminiscent of the 1990s dot-com boom.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
But following a half-decade boom, the dot-com bubble burst just after Cisco reached its zenith, a collapse that wiped out more than three-quarters of the Nasdaq's value by October 2002.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
Investors have waited more than 25 years for this moment, with the stock trading at levels last seen during the peak of the dot-com era.
—Carmen Reinicke, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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