Upcoming TLDs / .agent
Can you register a .agent domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .agent would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
The applied-for string, 'agent', refers to a software agent, AI agent, or representative acting on behalf of an entity in the digital ecosystem, facilitating secure, standards-based autonomous interactions.
A person or entity authorized to act on behalf of another, or a software program that performs automated tasks. It commonly refers to AI/autonomous software agents, customer service agents, insurance agents, real estate agents, and similar.
An established term for artificial intelligence software that performs tasks on behalf of a user or another system.
one that acts or exerts power; something that produces or is capable of producing an effect; one who is authorized to act for another; a computer application designed to automate certain tasks.
“Agent” means a person or entity authorized to act for another and may also refer to a representative, intermediary, software process, or autonomous artificial-intelligence system that performs tasks or provides services.
A person, business, or software that acts on behalf of another: arranging, representing, negotiating, or carrying out tasks for someone else.
An agent is anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon that environment through actuators.
An autonomous AI system.
A person or thing that acts on behalf of another. In current internet usage, an autonomous software program acting on behalf of an identified principal.
Agent is a person or system that acts on behalf of another to perform tasks, provide services, or achieve a goal.
Agent commonly refers to an individual or entity that performs actions or carries out functions autonomously or on behalf of another.
"Agent" is an English word meaning a person or entity that acts on behalf of another (e.g., a travel, real-estate, or talent agent) and, in computing, a software program that performs tasks autonomously on behalf of a user.
AGENT is software designed to perform tasks and take action autonomously on behalf of a user or system. It does not just respond. It gets to work.
Who applied for .agent
Google Registry
Charleston Road Registry Inc., US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Charleston Road Registry Inc. dba Google Registry (Charleston Road Registry), a company wholly owned by Google, provides registry services to the public. Google is a technology leader focused on improving how millions of users connect with information. In line with Google’s mission, we make information accessible by extending the utility of the Domain Name System while enhancing the performance, security, and stability of the Internet. The primary purpose of the applied-for gTLD is to provide a dedicated, recognizable, and trusted space where registrants can enact second-level domains that …
ECHO Domain Co L.L.C.
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The .agent gTLD will provide a namespace for autonomous AI agents, human agents, and the platforms that deploy them. As AI agents become a primary interface for commerce, customer service, and productivity, .agent offers a recognizable domain for agent-based services of all kinds.
Elegant Leader Limited
HK, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Elegant Leader Limited, is applying for .AGENT as a dedicated namespace for a class artificial intelligence software that performs tasks on behalf of a user or another system.
FireLabs Capital Ltd
HK, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
I. Mission and Objectives
Internet Land & Cattle LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Internet Land & Cattle LLC is applying for and, if successful, will operate the .agent gTLD as part of its objective of supporting competition, choice, and innovation in the Domain Name System.
Intercap Registry Inc.
KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The proposed .agent top-level domain represents the broad idea of acting on behalf of another. An agent arranges, represents, negotiates, or carries out tasks for someone else, and the same word now describes the software that performs tasks automatically on a user's behalf.
Ipollo Tech Ltd
KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and Objectives
Meta Registry Holdings LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission and purpose of this gTLD is to: (1) provide a trusted, hierarchical, and intuitive namespace, open to any eligible registrant who has an affinity with this term; and (2) supporting a trusted and secure environment in which registrants may distribute their own information, content, products, and services.
Application MRHL2653T-T66196 on ICANN · metaregistryholdings.com
Open Agent Registry, Inc.
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing, Community application
The mission of .agent is trust: a home on the internet for the Agent Community, where holding a name means a verified operator stands behind and for the agent, and anyone dealing with that agent can check it. The namespace gives agents names worth trusting, and it gives the community that builds them a shared, findable place, run as neutral ground on equal, published terms.
OPENAI OPCO, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Mission and Purpose
Rein Check, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .AGENT is to provide a namespace associated with the concept of an agent as an entity that performs actions or carries out functions independently or on behalf of another. The .AGENT gTLD is intended to serve a broad range of registrants and users, including individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with, relate to, or wish to be associated with the concept represented by the applied-for string.
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC, KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose: The mission of .agent is to serve two large and durable registrant bases with one clear word: the human agent professions and the fast-growing field of software agents. Intended registrants include real estate, travel, talent, sports and literary agents and agencies; and developers, vendors and operators of AI and software agents, together with related platforms and communities. Intended users are consumers seeking professional agents, and enterprises seeking software agents. Following delegation, the applicant will, as registry operator of the .agent TLD, conduct a …
XYZ.COM LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose. This gTLD will be operated as an open, unrestricted generic top-level domain. Its purpose is to expand naming choice in the DNS by making this term available at the top level for any lawful use chosen by the registrant. Registrations will be available to all registrants on a first-come, first-served basis through ICANN-accredited registrars, subject only to the Registry Agreement, ICANN Consensus Policies, and applicable law. The applicant will not operate this gTLD on an exclusive basis.
What happens next
- April 30, 2026: Application window opened (done)
- August 12, 2026: Application window closed (done)
- October 7, 2026: Reveal Day: ICANN published every applied-for string (done)
- October 21, 2026: Replacement period ended (applicants could switch to a backup string) (done)
- November 17, 2026: String Confirmation Day: the final list of applied-for strings
- March 16, 2027: Community input and objections period ends
Dates from ICANN’s Reveal Day announcement, checked October 27, 2026. We re-check the applications every day and this page changes when they do.
When will .agent be available?
ICANN has not set a date. The final list of applied-for strings comes on String Confirmation Day (November 17, 2026), community input and objections run until March 16, 2027, and ICANN processes applications after a prioritization draw in 2027. Registration opens only after ICANN delegates .agent and its registry announces launch dates.