Google applies for 39 new top-level domains including .agent and .waymo
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Google wants to create 39 new website endings, like .agent and .waymo, through ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN, the group that manages internet domain name A readable internet name made of labels separated by dots. Full definition of domain name. This is fewer than the 101 it tried for back in 2012. Several other companies, including OpenAI and Meta, also want .agent, so there could be a bidding contest for it.
Google has submitted applications for 39 new top-level domain names as part of ICANN’s 2026 expansion round, far fewer than the 101 applications it filed in 2012. From that earlier round, .app and .dev became two of its most successful open top-level domains, with Google paying 25 million dollars at auction to secure .app.
This time, Google is expected to face competition again. Thirteen companies, including OpenAI and Meta, have also applied for .agent, setting up a likely auction.
Of Google’s 39 applications, 20 are dot-brand domains tied to its own products and services, such as .alphabet, .chromebook, and .pixel. It also applied for .waymo, covering its self-driving car business.
The full list of Google’s applications includes agent, alphabet, api, ask, beam, browser, cast, chromebook, chromium, classroom, deepmind, find, fitbit, gem, gemini, gemma, genie, gke, intelligence, keep, lens, lesson, lyria, maps, mcp, nest, pixel, share, sheets, shorts, slides, teach, ultra, veo, vids, waymo, waze, wear, and workspace.