Godaddy Stock Price, News & Analysis
Company Description
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) is a technology company that focuses on helping entrepreneurs and small businesses manage their digital presence. According to the company, people use GoDaddy to name their idea, build a website and logo, sell products and services, and accept payments. The company is described as helping millions of entrepreneurs globally start, grow, and scale their businesses.
GoDaddy is classified in the Computer Systems Design Services industry within the broader Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector. It trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GDDY. The company has stated that it operates a portfolio of solutions that support key steps in building an online presence, from domain naming to website creation and commerce tools.
Business Model and Segments
Based on the Polygon description, GoDaddy operates through two primary segments: a core platform segment and an applications and commerce segment. The core platform includes domain registration services along with hosting and security services. The applications and commerce segment includes website design, marketing tools, and payment services. These offerings are positioned to help customers establish websites, attract customers, and generate revenue.
The company has disclosed that it manages a large base of domains and customers. Polygon data notes that as of a referenced fiscal period, GoDaddy had over 20,000 customers and more than 80 million domains under management. These metrics illustrate the scale of its domain and hosting-related activities, although they may change over time.
Digital Presence and Small Business Focus
In multiple news releases, GoDaddy emphasizes its focus on small businesses and entrepreneurs. It highlights tools that allow users to establish a domain, design a website and branding, and support online marketing in a relatively short amount of time. The company describes its GoDaddy Airo® experience as an AI-powered way to help users get their idea online in minutes, drive traffic, and boost sales.
GoDaddy also notes that its expert guides are available at all times to provide assistance. This support is positioned as part of its effort to help entrepreneurs move from an idea to an operational online presence, including naming, site building, and selling products or services.
AI and Agentic Experiences
Recent company communications describe GoDaddy’s work with agentic artificial intelligence. The company has launched Airo.ai, described as an agentic AI website and experience that turns a simple conversation into completed tasks for small businesses. Airo.ai uses GoDaddy’s proprietary data and an extensible agent framework to plan and act across GoDaddy products and trusted services, with the goal of moving customers from intent to outcomes in minutes.
GoDaddy has also introduced its Agent Name Service (ANS), described as a trusted identity naming system for AI agents. ANS is designed to pair human-readable names with a cryptographically verifiable identity so that agents can be discovered, verified, and governed across ecosystems. The company states that ANS builds on its experience operating domain names, Domain Name System (DNS), and certificate infrastructure.
The ANS Marketplace showcases ANS-verified AI agents and provides a way for entrepreneurs, developers, and platforms to discover agents, understand how they work, and see ANS trust signals. GoDaddy has also opened public access to the ANS API and launched an ANS Standards site that publishes the latest open API specification and guidance for interoperable agent identity.
Examples of AI Agents and Capabilities
GoDaddy has described several AI agents designed to support business workflows. In connection with Airo.ai, it has outlined agents such as:
- Airo Agent, which orchestrates requests, proposes step-by-step plans, delegates tasks to specialized agents, and tracks progress.
- Airo App Builder, which converts a plain-language description into working web apps hosted on GoDaddy.
- Compliance Agent, which drafts tailored privacy policies and terms of service as templates.
- Domain Search and Registration Agent, which suggests brandable business names, checks availability across popular top-level domains, and configures selected domains for a site.
- Website Builder Agent, which builds and customizes GoDaddy Website Builder sites, sets up core pages, and configures basic SEO settings.
- Logo Agent, which generates brand-ready logo options and applies the chosen logo across a site and social media profiles.
Additional agents described in news releases include tools for organizing customer conversations across channels, planning marketing campaigns and social posts, managing online appointments, simplifying domain activation, strengthening domain protection, and connecting entrepreneurs with human experts for website design, search engine optimization, and marketing support.
Within the ANS Marketplace, GoDaddy has highlighted early test agents such as Brand Advisor, Home Page Advisor, Place Reviews Analyzer, Social Media Post Generator, Business Information Snoopy, and WooCommerce-derived agents that help answer customer questions and support shopping journeys for specific online stores.
Trust, Identity, and Standards
GoDaddy positions ANS as a way to bring internet-scale trust to AI agents. The company states that ANS enrollment issues agent certificates and status, enabling cryptographic checks before agents exchange data or take action. It also notes that ANS incorporates a protocol-agnostic adapter layer designed to work alongside emerging standards while using familiar PKI/X.509 for verifiable identity and DNS-style discovery.
New ANS-verified badges are described as visual signals that indicate an agent is named and registered through ANS, its identity can be checked cryptographically, and its status and policy can be inspected. These elements are presented as part of GoDaddy’s broader mission to bring trust to the growing agent ecosystem.
Investor and Regulatory Context
GoDaddy files reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For example, an 8-K dated October 30, 2025, notes that the company issued a press release and held a conference call announcing financial results for a recent quarter. The filing also notes that GoDaddy refers to non-GAAP financial information in its press release and conference call, with reconciliations provided in the attached press release.
The company participates in technology and investor conferences, as reflected in announcements about presentations at events such as the Barclays Global Technology Conference and the RBC Capital Markets Global Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference.
Position in the Entrepreneur Ecosystem
Across its communications, GoDaddy consistently describes itself as helping entrepreneurs respond to economic uncertainty by creating their own earning opportunities. For example, in a poll conducted with HarrisX, GoDaddy highlights findings about Americans’ willingness to start a business or side hustle in response to financial anxiety and notes its offering of domains and AI-powered tools to help new customers launch online.
Partnerships, such as the collaboration with authors of "All The Cool Girls Get Fired," further illustrate how GoDaddy’s tools, including GoDaddy Airo, are used to establish email, build websites, and create digital presence for new ventures and communities.