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AuthorDarpan Munjal

Darpan is Founder and CEO of Atom.com
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Atom Information Domain Investing

Domains, Now Programmable

Building the Domain Layer for an Agentic World For most of the internet’s history, domains have been one of the last manual layers in the startup stack. You could provision servers with an API. You could process payments with an API. You could authenticate users, deploy code, trigger workflows – all programmatically. But when it came to identity, you still opened a browser. You searched...

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Atom Information Domain Investing

The Atom Domain Registrar Is Live

A Foundational Step Forward From the beginning, Atom has been focused on bringing clarity and momentum to the process of finding and owning a great domain. Over time, that vision has expanded into something broader: a single place where brands are discovered, built, protected, and grown, without unnecessary handoffs or friction. Launching the Atom registrar is a foundational step in that...

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Atom Information Domain Investing

Atom.com: 2025 in Review

2025 was a foundational year for Atom, where much of the execution we had been focused on finally came together. Atom’s revenue grew by nearly 70% year over year in 2025, building on strong growth the year before. Over the past two years, the business has grown to more than 3X its earlier scale. What makes that growth meaningful is the context in which it happened. The broader economy was uneven...

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Atom Information Domain Investing

The Next Phase of Search and Discovery at Atom

Over the last few weeks, we have been quietly working on one of the biggest updates to search and discovery we have ever shipped at Atom. Today, that update is live. Search has always been the heart of the platform. It is the part that decides which names buyers see, which names spark interest, and which ideas eventually turn into real businesses. And while we have made steady progress throughout...

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Atom Information Domain Investing

For the Fourth Time, Atom.com Joins the Inc. 5000 List

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news. Atom.com made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America for the fourth time. Making it once is hard. Making it four times, over the span of our journey means we’ve been able to grow and reinvent ourselves again and again. That’s rare, and I’m incredibly proud of what our team has built. When we started (back when we were still...

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Atom Information Domain Investing

A New Chapter in Domain Discovery: Semantic Search Is Here

Many domain names don’t sell because no one ever sees them. Not because they’re bad. Not because they’re overpriced. Just because the right buyer never finds them. That’s something I’ve thought about for years. There are thousands of great domains sitting in marketplaces right now. Short, brandable, full of potential but completely invisible to the people who’d actually love them. The reason is...

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Domain Investing

.AI Domains Are Hot. But for How Long?

There’s been a lot of debate lately about .ai domains. Some say the hype is cooling off. Others believe we’re only getting started. But to me, that’s not the most important question. The real story isn’t whether .ai is nearing its peak. It’s what .ai has already unlocked, and how that shift is quietly changing how founders think about naming. Because no matter where we are in the .ai cycle, one...

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Domain Investing

The Math Behind Domain Investing: How to Use Data to Maximize Returns

Domain investing is often misunderstood. Some people think it’s all about gut instinct—buying names that “sound good” and hoping they sell. Others take the scattershot approach, acquiring thousands of domains and crossing their fingers that a few will pay off. But the investors who consistently win don’t rely on hope. They treat domain investing like a business—analyzing data, tracking...

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Domain Investing

Introducing Search 2.0: A More Refined and Precise Search Experience (Beta)

Improving search and discovery is critical to increasing domain sell-through rates, but it’s a complex challenge. A strong brand name doesn’t always contain an exact keyword—it can be a conceptual blend, an abstract idea, or an evocative term that captures an industry or feeling. At Atom.com, we’ve been working to refine this process using AI, developing a deep understanding of word relationships...


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