.tech

In 2012, ICANN announced it would be expanding the range of domain extensions to further organize the internet with .tech being requested by multiple parties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/google-wants-lol-and-other-stories-from-the-internet-land-rush-of-12/258462/|title=Google Wants '.LOL' and Other Stories From the Internet Land Rush of '12|last=Garber|first=Megan|date=2012-06-13|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}} Six companies including Google, Uniregistry, Donuts (Lone Moon, LLC), STRAAT Investments, and Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd, filed applications for this TLD in one of the first ICANN New gTLD application public auctions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/from-coffee-to-email-to-xyz-the-webs-crazy-new-reality-is-here/|title=From .coffee to .email to .xyz: The Web's crazy new reality is here|last=Shankland|first=Stephen|website=CNET|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/05/18/dot-com-to-pizza-welcome-to-the-web-domain-rush.html|title=Dot-com to .pizza: Welcome to the Web domain rush|last=Levy|first=Ari|date=2015-05-18|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}

The .tech TLD was launched in March 2015. It is currently owned and operated by Radix, founded by Bhavin Turakhia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/332209|title=4 Lessons From an Entrepreneur Who Became a Self-Made Billionaire Before Turning 40|last=Priestley|first=Daniel|date=2019-04-16|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2017/dailyposts/20171120.htm|title=Radix Excited About Attention New Companies Built on Their TLDs Received at Web Summit 2017|website=www.dnjournal.com|access-date=2019-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/india-rich-list-2018/turakhia-brothers-getting-it-right-time-after-time/51701/1|title=Turakhia brothers: Getting it right, time after time|website=Forbes India|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}

In 2017, a .tech domain name won an SEO ranking contest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/01/solar-marketing-revolution-top-level-domains/|title=The solar marketing revolution you've never heard of: New top-level domains|date=2019-01-16|website=Solar Power World|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedomains.com/2017/04/11/winner-wixs-seo-hero-challenge-explains-strategy/|title=Winner of Wix's SEO Hero challenge explains strategy|date=2017-04-11|website=TheDomains.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}} As of August 2019, startup companies using the .tech domain had raised over $2 billion in venture capital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedomains.com/2019/08/22/dot-tech/|title=.Tech startups have raised over $2Billion in Venture Capital|date=2019-08-23|website=TheDomains.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}} The gTLD partners with GitHub offering one year of free registration as part of its Student Developer Pack.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/20/github-adds-21-new-partners-to-its-free-student-developer-pack/|title=GitHub adds 21 new partners to its free Student Developer Pack|website=TechCrunch|date=20 August 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}}

The .tech gTLD is used by an array of websites in the technology sector with companies like Cisco and Intel launching sites that use the extension.{{Cite web|url=https://tldinvestors.com/2017/11/cisco-and-intel-roll-out-websites-built-on-a-tech.html|title=Cisco and Intel roll out websites built on a .tech|date=2017-11-21|website=TLD Investors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}} Other notable uses of the TLD include the Consumer Electronics Show (CES){{Cite web|url=https://www.thedomains.com/2016/06/09/consumer-electronics-show-migrates-www-ces-tech/|title=Consumer Electronics Show migrates to WWW.CES.TECH|date=2016-06-09|website=TheDomains.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}} and Viacom{{Cite web|url=https://codeforgeek.com/global-tech-industry-tech-domains/|title=The global tech industry is moving to .tech domains. What about you?|last=|first=|date=|website=Code for Geek|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003181105/https://codeforgeek.com/global-tech-industry-tech-domains/ |archive-date=2020-10-03 |access-date=2019-10-23}} along with startups such as Aurora Innovation, Flit, and Innoviz.{{Cite web|url=https://morganlinton.com/three-automotive-startups-branding-on-tech-have-raised-over-1b-heres-a-look-at-what-theyre-doing-to-disrupt-transportation/|title=Three automotive startups branding on .TECH have raised over $1B, here's a look at what they're doing to disrupt transportation|date=2019-08-28|website=MorganLinton.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23|archive-date=2020-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131084321/https://morganlinton.com/three-automotive-startups-branding-on-tech-have-raised-over-1b-heres-a-look-at-what-theyre-doing-to-disrupt-transportation/|url-status=dead}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://get.tech/ .tech Domains] Official site
• [http://icannwiki.com/index.php/.tech .tech] on ICANNWiki

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