Instant (LinkedIn) · Jul 2026
Announces free accounts, saved domains, and bulk searches up to 5,000 domains per run, framing accounts as infrastructure for future valuations, lists, and API features.
Instant Labs builds modern tools to help you find and buy domain…
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Instant Labs is the Victoria-based company behind Instant Domain Search, now rebranded as instant.ai, building very fast domain search, registrar, and API tools for creators, developers, and teams.
Primary product
Instant Domain Search
Founded
2005
Headquarters
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team size
2-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Domain search, domain registrar, and developer tools
Offices
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Business model
Stage
convertible note
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Convertible Note
Latest amount
$500K
Leadership
Founder and CEO, Instant Domain Search; Founder, Strobe
CEO, Instant
Principal Designer
Senior Software Engineer
Backend Engineer
Founders
Co-founder
Investors
Performance-obsessed, design-forward, and speed-focused. Public updates emphasize simplicity, low latency, small-team execution, and regular onsites; the company describes its work as building tools at the speed of thought.
Work style
Flexible
Pricing
Free domain search with partner-registrar referral commissions; upcoming registrar/API monetization
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$440K ARR (2025 estimate)
Instant (LinkedIn) · Jul 2026
Announces free accounts, saved domains, and bulk searches up to 5,000 domains per run, framing accounts as infrastructure for future valuations, lists, and API features.
Matt Maiale (LinkedIn) · Jul 2026
Introduces a domain research tool with metrics like domain authority, estimated value, and social-handle availability.
Domain Name Wire · Mar 2026
Industry coverage of the Check Domain Availability launch and the company’s closed-beta registrar and API roadmap.
Instant Domain Search · Mar 2026
Explains the company’s direct registry integrations, nightly indexing, EPP checks, privacy posture, and smart partner routing across 800+ TLDs.
Instant Domain Search · Mar 2026
Official rebrand/expansion post announcing instant.ai, new products including Instant Registrar and Instant API, and growth from the original Instant Domain Search product.