What happened to AI Pay?

discontinued The URL on file (https://www.joinaipay.com/) did not respond across three consecutive checks; the streak completed on 2026-09-23.

The address on file matched AI Pay's own domain with high confidence, so this observation is reported about AI Pay directly. See the methodology for how the match is made.

The vendor's own description, unedited:
AI Pay is a tool that enables websites to be paid to implement AI. Develop an AI application using AI APIs such as Chat GPT, embeddings, and image generation without having to worry about, users, payments, monetisation, or even a server/backend. Focus on development and easily pass on AI costs to th...

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How this was decided

Not an editorial call. The URL on file failed three consecutive checks, with a confirmation re-probe before the streak counted (a bot-wall response never counts as one), and the 3-miss rule marks the listing discontinued automatically. If the URL responds again, the registry restores it on its own: warn first, then active. Both directions are recorded as events.

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