What are the naming conventions for fast-growing artificial intelligence companies?

With the rapid development of the field of artificial intelligence, startups have shown a diversified trend in choosing company names and domain names. This article analyzes the naming rules of 60 recognized fast-growing artificial intelligence companies to reveal current naming trends and preferences.

1. Company Overview

Josh Howarth recently published an article on fast-growing artificial intelligence companies, covering 60 companies. This article is based on these companies for analysis and a detailed study of company names and domain names. The founding years of these companies range from 2008 to 2023, with an average founding time of about 8 years. Their growth rates vary, but they usually grow by 500% or more in 5 years. The financing situation ranges from seed rounds to rounds F, with total financing ranging from US$2.2 million to US$11.3 billion, and the average financing amount is slightly more than US$500 million. Although these companies come from multiple countries, 47 companies are located in the United States, and there are no Chinese companies on the list.

2. Domain extension

Of the 60 companies, 43 used the ".com" domain name, 12 used the ".ai" domain name, and other domain extensions such as ".io", ".co", ".app" and ".ht" had 1-2 entries each. No company used the ".org", ".xyz" or ".net" domain names.

3. Name matching

Of the 60 companies, except for 2 companies, the rest used domain names that exactly matched the company name. For companies with the ".ai" extension, most also used exactly matching names. Overall, 62% of the companies used two-word names, 20% used single-word names, and the rest were composed of "words".

4. Name style and prefix

In terms of name style, although some company names such as "PhotoRoom" or "Briefly AI" clearly indicate their functions, there are also many company names such as "HitPaw" or "TabNine" that do not clearly imply their purpose. There are 10 companies whose names end with "AI", of which only 3 use the ".com" domain name. It is worth noting that no company name or domain name begins with "AI". Numerical or alphanumeric domain names do not appear in these companies, and only one company uses a hyphen, "AlphaSense" (alpha-sense.com).

V. Name Length and Quality

Company name lengths range from 3 to 17 letters, with an average of 7.9 letters. Only 6 companies have names longer than 10 letters, and only one company has a name longer than 12 letters. Compared with early startups, these companies tend to have longer operating histories and stable growth, so their names are of higher quality and have a higher concentration of .com domain names.

Summary

From the analysis of these 60 fast-growing artificial intelligence companies, the following trends can be drawn:

1. Domain name extension selection: Most companies tend to use ".com" or ".ai" domain names, and .io also has a certain usage rate.

2. Name length and type: In .com domain names, company names generally do not exceed 2 words and have fewer than 12 letters. For ".ai" domain names, the main choice is to choose appropriate brand words.

3. Naming trends: Company names ending with "AI" are more popular than those starting with "AI", but "AI" is less used as a suffix in these names.

These trends provide valuable references for company naming in the field of artificial intelligence, and also reflect naming preferences and best practices within the industry.