A community of over 3,000 members, including more than 700 companies and 2,300 developers, is applying to ICANN for the .agent top-level domain. The initiative, supported by Brave, Alibaba Cloud, and others, aims to ensure the domain is community-governed rather than controlled by a single entity. Participants believe the .agent domain is crucial for AI Agent networks, akin to DNS for the early internet, and seek transparent registration policies and predictable pricing. ICANN's application window opens in late April 2026, with a 90-day period for submissions. The Community Priority Evaluation mechanism will assess applications based on community size, relevance, registration policies, and endorsement, influencing the allocation of contested domains.