One of the most unexpected effects of the AI boom is happening far from Silicon Valley, on the small Caribbean island of Anguilla, which has a population of 15,000 and a total land area of 91 square kilometres (35 square miles).

As .ai is Anguilla’s official country code top-level domain (TLD), the surge in AI companies and start-ups registering .ai domains has transformed into a major revenue stream for the government.

Key Facts:

  • Domain registrations: 48,000 (2018) → 144,000 (2022) → 870,000 (Sep 2025).
  • Forecast: 1 million domains by November 2025 (~1,500 new registrations every day).
  • Government revenue: $2.9M (2018) → $7.7M (2022) → $93M forecast for 2025.
  • Share of state budget: <1% (pre 2018) → ~6% (2022) → ~47% (2025).

These funds are being used to reduce debt, expand the airport, develop renewable energy sources and protect biodiversity.

Sources: IMF, whois.ai (Webarchive), domainnamestat.com, Anguilla Statistics Dept, Anguilla Draft 2025 Estimates, AP News, BBC Radio, Domaintechnik report

Posted by FabOnlineMarketing

5 comments

  1. What is it with British Overseas territories getting their web domains used by tech…

    First Indian Ocean (io), now Anguilla (ai)

  3. I’d be interested to see a poll of all the people who registered, and whether they believe that their domain is actually an AI specific domain or realise that it’s just an island in the Carribean

  4. Good fakes should be sold through «Nearly Official» .no domains. A sign that their goods are better than Temu, but not totally legit.

  5. Hi, I am looking for a list of Software platforms that provide Narrative data collection.

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