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Gab was founded in 2016 and initially registered the gab.ai domain; the company…

2026-08-07 · 16:49 UTC ·@BasedTorba ·0 min read

Brief

Gab says it was founded in 2016 and originally used the gab.ai domain, officially naming the company Gab AI Inc over ten years ago. The founder states the .ai choice came from inability to afford the .com and a desire for short profile URLs. The post reports @Gab__AI has now surpassed Gab Social and is trending upward.

Why it matters

Gab was founded in 2016 and initially registered the gab.ai domain; the company was officially named 'Gab AI Inc' more than ten years ago.

Key details

  • The team says they chose the .ai domain because they couldn't afford the .com and wanted a short domain for sharing user profiles.
  • @Gab__AI has surpassed Gab Social and its trend line is rising, according to the post dated 2026-08-07.
Source evidence

When we founded Gab back in 2016 it was by God’s providence that our very first domain was gab .ai and that we officially named the company Gab AI Inc over ten years ago.

It feels as though we were building the foundation for this moment long before the world knew what generative AI would become.

It's crazy because we only got that domain name because we couldn't afford the .com early on and we wanted the domain to be short for people to share their user profiles.

Now @Gab__AI has surpassed Gab Social and the trend line is going up in all directions.