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On March 15, 1985, Symbolics.com was registered as the first .com domain name in history. Symbolics was an American manufacturer of Lisp machines, specialized computers designed for artificial intelligence.
The company went bankrupt in 1996 during the AI winter, a period of declining funding and interest in artificial intelligence following the unfulfilled promises of the 1980s.
The domain symbolics.com remains active to this day, currently with a vibecoded website about the history of Internet.