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Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth)@adamscochran · Sep 30, 2026

1/15 SCOOP: Trump’s “Super Intelligence” Scandal: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to…

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An investigation alleges Trump's "Super Intelligence" executive order was a scheme to enrich his inner circle by driving demand for .si domain names, with thousands purchased before the announcement and subsequently resold for millions of dollars. The executive order requiring federal agencies to use "SI" instead of "AI" would theoretically incentivize companies to rebrand with .si domains.

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  1. #1

    1/15 SCOOP: Trump’s “Super Intelligence” Scandal: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si domain names before his Truth Social posts.

  2. #2

    2/15 It’s no surprise that .AI domain names are a hot commodity and almost all taken by squatters. But what wasn’t? .si domain names.

  3. #3

    3/15 .si is the domain extension of Slovenia (coincidentally where Melania and Barron Trump are both citizens of) On September 19th Trump made a random Truth Social post about renaming “Artificial Intelligence” to “Super Intelligence” without any clear reason.

  4. #4

    4/15 This set off a flurry of people buying and registering .si names related to AI. But it wasn’t the first time… The .si registry has around 55/day registrations in 2023-2025, but in 2026 the numbers started to pick up. On June 24th they saw more than 400 in a single day.

  5. #5

    5/15 This volume spiked with more than ***7000*** new domains registered in July. And a sudden flurry of buying .si domains in the aftermarket. AI related .si names started going for tens of thousands of dollars. It was the first ever spike in aftermarket sales for .si domains

  6. #6

    6/15 Many of these were re-listed, such as build si now available for $14M.

  7. #7

    7/15 How do we know this is Trump’s inner circle? The registrations started to tick up LONG before this announcement. While domain squatters may purchase bulk domain names of common words, they don’t buy over priced after market domains which started to sell around the same time.

  8. #8

    8/15 And for the last few months have registered more than 10,000 AI related terms. Many of which are now listed for sale for MILLIONS.

  9. #9

    9/15 Over the investigation, I found around 12,000 AI related or MAGA related domains that had been newly registered or changed hands before this announcement. In the months prior to July though 95% of all .si domains had been non-English.

  10. #10

    10/15 Unfortunately DynaDot (the largest bulk registrar for .si domains) keeps Whois information private on registration. Some of the DNS records resolve to bulk domain squatters, but it’s pretty telling that 1776(.)si and a ton of other pro-US, pro-MAGA terms were registered on the same day as thousands of AI related terms 53 days ago.

  11. #11

    11/15 So why an Executive Order? The President can’t change how private citizens or corporations talk. But the executive order requires that all Federal departments use the term “Super Intelligence” specifically “SI” AND that they “no longer acknowledge” the term AI.

  12. #12

    12/15 Trying to force the term into commonplace, and suggesting that AI companies who want to curry favor with the President need to brand as “SI” Which means? Buying a .si domain name. (I wouldn’t be surprised if we see the government launch a .si site too)

  13. #13

    13/15 Since Trump’s announcement .si domain have seen *MILLIONS* of dollars in turn over. Much of it going to domains that were registered in the last 60 days before the announcement. Trump’s inner circle massively profited on this policy change while reporters call it “unexpected”

  14. #14

    14/15 Using an Executive Order for the enrichment of yourself is not only unethical but a breach of office. It’s a crime and an impeachable offence. The records are also very clear, and logged. So I’m sure a future Congress will be looking at who bought these domains.

  15. #15

    15/15 TL;DR: -Trump made the SI executive order to try and force companies to brand as “SI” instead of “AI” -In the past 60 days insiders bought thousands of .si domain names -They’ve profited hundreds of millions of dollars so far.