I'd be fascinated to hear this story too. I'd think that domain would be worth more than most ycombinator startups could afford.
The story is actually a great one, and will be told someday. I'll save it for the book that is turned into a movie about how I made Ark just because I wanted to be as cool as a crew guy.
priley must have amazing negotiation skills.
Or patience. If you linger around domain auction platforms and forums enough and are willing to invest you can get lucky on a relatively consistent basis.
It was a little of both. ;) Hey... everyone... I just wanted to thank you for all your comments about our new search engine! This community has such great insight and I just really appreciate the support with Ark. It has been an exhausting 45 days of coding and designing, but encouragement like this makes it all worth while.