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Show HN: I bought Big Interview's .ai domain to roast their negligence

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3 pointsjustice_devb4 comments

I recently acquired the .ai domain for Big Interview, a major AI interview prep platform.

I offered to transfer it to them for $799 (which is less than the price of 3 of their own "Interview Pro" packages), but I was completely ignored by their leadership.

So, I spent my weekend building an interactive "Public Notice" site to roast the irony: a company that teaches interview preparation was completely unprepared for its own brand security.

The site features a drag-and-drop communication board showing the ignored emails.

Curious to hear the community's thoughts on SaaS domain security and how to handle these situations.

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Few brands own their names in more than one (or a handful) of TLDs, because it's pointless and a waste of money.

"Big Interview" is a registered trademark and you have provided the evidence that you've registered their trademark at different TLD's in bad faith so they can easily claim the domains.

Actually, the evidence shows the opposite of 'bad faith.'

I reached out to them directly with a transfer offer of just $799—which is essentially the registration cost and minor labor—specifically to help them secure their brand before someone else did. I didn't ask for thousands; I asked for a 'thank you' and a cost-recovery fee.

For a 'world-leading AI platform,' claiming that owning your .ai TLD is 'pointless' is like a bank saying they don't need to lock the back door because they have a trademark on the front door. Trademark doesn't prevent a phishing attack or a competitor from causing confusion; proactive security does.

They didn't ignore a 'squatter'; they ignored a professional heads-up.

Average pricing for a .ai domain is $150

You appear to have too much time on your hands, and no, not everyone should have to live in your reality.

Update: After they ignored my very cheap transfer offer for the .ai, I checked their other TLDs out of curiosity.

Their .app, .co, and .info were also completely wide open. So I grabbed them too.

Mind-blowing negligence for a major tech company.

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