You probably don’t care about Anguilla…even though you do.
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, just north of Saint Martin. Its capital is “The Valley.” The main island is no more than three miles wide at any point, and the population is just a little over 15,000. Originally the site of a Dutch fort, the English first settled there in the 1600s. Allied with Saint Kitts and Nevis for portions of its history, Anguilla became its own territory in 1980, settling into an economy of tourism as well as offshore incorporation.
As today’s internet developed, the practice of assigning two letter codes to country domains also developed. The big boys, like “.us,” got their country codes in 1985. It wasn’t until 10 years later that the territory of Anguilla got its own root level domain—the two letters “.ai.”
But other than Anguillans, no one cared about a domain that sounded like someone emitting a high-pitched scream.
Then they did, when companies became attracted to the domain. Not because of Anguilla itself, but because of artificial intelligence.
Anguilla itself does not manage the .ai domain. In 2024, the government signed a five-year agreement with U.S. company Identity Digital for domain management. 2025 registrations brought the country US$85.3 million, providing much of the territory’s revenue.
Now THAT’S the way to make money from AI.
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