The White House launches the A1.Gov website, announcing that the AI domain name has entered the strategic era

In 2025, when the global competition in artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly fierce, on July 23, the White House officially launched the official website AI.gov on the theme of artificial intelligence. This move marks an important step in the United States’ journey to consolidate its leadership in the field of global artificial intelligence. ​

At the launch of the website, Harrison Fields, special assistant to the president, made it clear that the United States is determined to surpass its competitors in artificial intelligence innovation, actively build a complete infrastructure, and vigorously promote “American-style artificial intelligence” to the world. This statement highlights the United States’ ambition and determination in the field of artificial intelligence. ​
On the surface, AI.gov is just the launch of a new website, but from a strategic perspective, this domain name contains extremely rich connotations and is a key manifestation of the United States’ strategic layout in the field of artificial intelligence. ​
As the official entrance for the US government to handle artificial intelligence affairs, the “.gov” in the AI.gov domain name has special significance. It is a top-level domain name (gTLD) established specifically for government agencies. It is a significant sign of “official certification” in the digital space and represents the user’s unique government identity. The combination of “AI” and “.gov” symbolizes that the US government has officially included artificial intelligence in the scope of official key planning, completing the far-reaching “naming” and “filing”, which means that artificial intelligence has become a key area of development at the national strategic level of the United States. ​
What is more striking is that the domain name AI.gov is unique, concise, intuitive, easy to understand and authoritative. In the digital world, it has become the official placeholder for the concept of “artificial intelligence”. At present, competition between countries continues to expand and extend to the digital space. Against this background, AI.gov has long surpassed the scope of ordinary websites. It is more like a high-flying technological sovereignty flag, strongly declaring to the world that “this place belongs to the United States”, highlighting the United States’ dominance in the digital field of artificial intelligence. ​
In fact, the launch of the AI.gov website is not accidental, but another important phased result of the United States’ long-term and vigorous investment in the field of artificial intelligence. Earlier this year, Trump announced the massive “Stargate Project”, which plans to invest up to $500 billion to build AI infrastructure and large-scale model ecosystems, attempting to create the “Manhattan Project” in the field of AI, and comprehensively exerting efforts in multiple aspects such as basic research, technology development and application promotion of AI, laying a solid foundation for the United States in the global AI competition. ​
Not only that, the US government and enterprises work closely together in the field of AI. On July 14, the US Department of Defense announced that it would award major development contracts to four AI companies, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI, with each company receiving up to $200 million, in order to expand the application scale of the Department of Defense’s advanced AI capabilities. In the same month, OpenAI launched the new “OpenAI for Government” plan, and xAI also launched the “Grok for Government” product suite to open AI models to government customers. ​
In addition, the United States also has certain advantages in talent training. According to relevant reports, the United States leads the world with more than 63,000 AI talents. Universities such as Stanford University and MIT have formed a dual-engine driving model with companies such as Google and Microsoft, and the per capita scientific research output efficiency of leading American companies is significantly ahead. At the same time, the United States has also formed a “talent revolving door” mechanism to promote the flow of talents between universities and companies. ​
The White House launched the AI.gov website, which is an important piece of its strategic puzzle in the field of artificial intelligence. In the future, with the continuous advancement of relevant strategies and the continuous expansion and improvement of the functions of the AI.gov website, the competitive situation and strategic layout of the United States in the field of global artificial intelligence deserve continuous attention and in-depth research from the world.