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Top-level Internet domain for Anguilla October 2024 May 2026 the top-level domain the .ai file format Adobe Illustrator Artwork other uses Ai (disambiguation) .ai DotAI logo.svg 16 February 1995 Country code top-level domain Active Identity Digital Government of Anguilla Entities connected with Anguilla Some use in Anguilla; very popular with companies and websites related to artificial intelligence (AI). None Registrations possible at third level, beneath several second-level labels, are available to anybody; second-level registrations are now available to anybody as well (as of 26 June 2006). UDRP Yes https://www.nic.ai/ 1,277,727 June 2026 TLD info .ai https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/tld/ai-TLD_ID-1236 Domain Name Stat 6 June 2026 .ai is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is administered by the government of Anguilla. It is a popular domain hack with companies and projects related to the artificial intelligence industry (AI).Purnell Newley Olson Parmy 2019-08-14 AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-boom-raises-questions-of-exaggerated-tech-savvy-11565775004 subscription live https://archive.today/20190814155021/https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-startup-boom-raises-questions-of-exaggerated-tech-savvy-11565775004 2019-08-14 2020-01-27 Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com2019-06-12 What's in a Name? Trends in Creating Robot and AI Company Names https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/ai/whats-in-a-name-trends-in-creating-robot-and-ai-company-names/ Robotics Business Review 2020-01-27 2023-06-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20230608073838/https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/ai/whats-in-a-name-trends-in-creating-robot-and-ai-company-names/ dead https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-a-tiny-island-is-still-a-domain-name-giant/ Why one tiny island is still a domain name giant Liam Tung ZDNet Google's ad targeting treats .ai as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country-targeted."Managing multi-regional and multilingual sites https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192 live https://web.archive.org/web/20191005224021/https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192 2019-10-05 2019-10-05 In 2021, Google Search analyst Gary Illyes announced that ".ai" had been added to Google’s list of generic country-code top-level domains, meaning that Google would no longer infer Anguilla-specific targeting from the ccTLD.Illyes Gary We just added .ai to the list of generic country code top level domains https://www.linkedin.com/posts/garyillyes_we-just-added-ai-to-the-list-of-generic-country-activity-6820906261361573888-07t3 2025-09-30 Linkedin en-US Identity Digital began managing the domain as of January 2025.Allemann Andrew 2025-01-23 Identity Digital is now managing .AI domains. Here's what this means for registrants https://domainnamewire.com/2025/01/23/identity-digital-is-now-managing-ai-domains-heres-what-this-means-for-registrants/ 2025-02-10 Domain Name Wire en-US Second and third level registrations Registrations within off.ai, com.ai, net.ai, and org.ai are available worldwide without restriction. From 15 September 2009, second level registrations within .ai are available to everyone worldwide.February 2026 Registration The minimum registration term allowed for .ai domains is 2 through 10 years for registration and renewal, and a 2-year renewal for domain transfer.V Sky .AI Domain Policies https://support.opensrs.com/support/solutions/articles/201000068801--ai-domain-policies 2025-06-15 OpenSRS Customer Support en Identity Digital is the authority in charge of managing this extension. Registrations began on 16 February 1995. The limits on the number of characters used for the domain name are, at a minimum, from 1 to 3, depending on the registrar, and always at most 63 characters.Examples: OpenSRS: 3–63 charactersOpenSRS TLD Reference Chart https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13t4l-kO3qAio4RCF3j1lF0X2AxaIr_G5kFIqIF3LAZU/edit?gid=1203932299&usp=embed_facebook 2025-06-15 Google Docs en-US GoDaddy: 1–63GoDaddy - About .ai Domains https://www.godaddy.com/help/about-ai-domains-32220 2025-06-15 www.godaddy.com en EuroDNS: 2–63.AI domain name registration https://www.eurodns.com/domain-extensions/ai-domain-registration 2025-06-15 EuroDNS TrueHost: 3–63Mark 2024-07-15 About .ai Domains - https://www.truehost.com/support/about-ai-domains/ 2025-06-15 Truehost en-US The character set supported for .ai domain names includes A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and hyphen. As of November 2022, .ai domains cannot accommodate IDN characters. There are no requirements for registering a domain, including local and foreign residents. A .ai domain can be suspended or revoked, if the domain is involved in illegal activity such as violating trademarks or copyrights. Usage must not violate the laws of Anguilla..AI Domain https://domaintyper.com/domain-names/top-level-domains/ccTLD/ai-domain 2021-10-15 domaintyper.com Anguilla uses the UDRP. Filing a UDRP challenge requires using one of the ICANN Approved Dispute Resolution Service Providers. If the domain is with an ICANN accredited registrar, they should work with the arbitrator. Usually this means either doing nothing or transferring a domain. .ai domains are transferable to any desired registrars as the registration of domain is done maintaining EPP.Whois ai http://whois.ai/eppfaq.html deviated 2021-11-10 whois.ai https://web.archive.org/web/20240308085824/http://whois.ai/eppfaq.html 2024-03-08 There used to be a whois.ai-based platform of expired domains in which those could be procured and auctioned every ten days through a standard online process..ai Domain Closed Auctions https://auction.whois.ai/auctions/index/closed https://web.archive.org/web/20250608194846/https://auction.whois.ai/auctions/index/closed 2025-06-08 2025-06-15 auction.whois.ai en The last auctions of such kind closed there in December 2024; the platform had been scheduled for shutdown on 30 June 2025,.ai Domain Auctions Homepage https://auction.whois.ai/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250608194830/https://auction.whois.ai/ 2025-06-08 2025-06-15 auction.whois.ai en but remained online in the months following that date..ai Domain Auctions Homepage https://auction.whois.ai/ usurped https://archive.today/20250710121428/https://auction.whois.ai/ 10 July 2025 auction.whois.ai en10 July 2025 Check if a website is down https://onlineornot.com/website-down-checker?requestId=GWibR1KVSUaQbEbQMSdMg&url=https://auction.whois.ai OnlineOrNot en.ai Domain Auctions Homepage https://auction.whois.ai/ usurped https://archive.today/20251007170604/https://auction.whois.ai/ 7 October 2025 auction.whois.ai en7 October 2025 Check website performance and response: Check host - online website monitoring https://check-host.net/check-report/2f9a6130k10b Check host en Valuation Domains cost depends on the registrar, with yearly fees ranging from US$140 (the base fee, as established by Anguilla) to $200.6 June 2025 How Much Does a Domain Name Cost? A Full Breakdown of Domain, Hosting, and Website Fees https://unstoppabledomains.com/blog/categories/education/article/dns-fees 10 July 2025 Unstoppable Domains en-usLee Sophia 26 March 2024 Why Are AI Domains So Expensive? The Surprising Truth § 3. Anguilla's Fixed Wholesale Price https://www.namehero.com/blog/why-are-ai-domains-so-expensive-the-surprising-truth/#5-3-anguillas-fixed-wholesale-price live https://web.archive.org/web/20241218050713/https://www.namehero.com/blog/why-are-ai-domains-so-expensive-the-surprising-truth/ 18 December 2024 7 July 2025 NameHero® Blog en-US As of July 2025, the highest-valued .ai domain is an undisclosed one sold on 8 November 2023, on Escrow.com, for 1,500,000—months after an initial 300,000 no sale to the same buyer.Silverberg David 8 November 2023 The race to buy AI website addresses https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67284936 10 July 2025 BBC News en-GB Among the publicly disclosed ones, the most valued, fin.ai, was sold for 1,000,000 no in March 2025.Top reported .ai domain sales https://cognitive.ai/dotaisales.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20250607074410/https://cognitive.ai/dotaisales.html 7 June 2025 10 July 2025 cognitive.ai enOli Arjun 3 April 2025 .ai - He possesses incredibly valuable .AI domain names. https://www.namepros.com/threads/he-possesses-incredibly-valuable-ai-domain-names.1303808/post-9369010 10 July 2025 NamePros Forum en-US Congratulations [on] the booming sales of Fin.ai and Qwen.ai! Fin.ai reached an impressive $1 million sale[.] On 16 December 2017, the .ai registry started supporting the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) and migrated all of its domains onto an EPP system.EPP FAQ https://whois.ai/eppfaq.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200430122125/https://whois.ai/eppfaq.html 30 April 2020 whois.ai Question 25: "The Dec 16, 2017 registration date seems wrong" When domains were loaded onto epp.whois.ai on Dec 16, 2017 the new system took that as the birthday for all the domains. […] The expiration dates were correctly handled during the migration[.]Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. v. Forgetmyface / 盛军强 (Junqiang Sheng a/k/a Johnny Sheng) and 吴比 (Wubi) ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Case No. DAI2023-0050 page 2, note 1 World Intellectual Property Organization 8 February 2024 The Panel notes that there was a technical migration of domain names within the [.ai registry] to a system using the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (“EPP”). As a result, the registration date for a particular domain name in the “.ai” ccTLD, reflected in WhoIs records around December 16, 2017, may not be accurate. https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2023/dai2023-0050.pdf Consequently, many registrars are allowed to sell .ai domains. Since that date, the .ai ccTLD has also been popular with artificial intelligence companies and organisations. Though such trends are primarily seen among new AI based companies or startups, many established AI and Tech companies preferred not to opt for .ai domains. For example, DeepMind has its domain retained at .com; Meta has redirected its facebook.ai domain to ai.meta.com.Chawla Vishal 2020-03-08 Is .AI Domain Name Extension Any Valuable For AI Startups Or Just A Marketing Ploy? https://analyticsindiamag.com/is-ai-domain-name-extension-any-valuable-for-ai-startups-or-just-a-marketing-ploy/ 2021-11-10 Analytics India Magazine en-US Impact on Anguilla's economy The registration fees earned from the .ai domains go to the treasury of the Government of Anguilla. As per a 2018 New York Times report, the total revenue generated out of selling .ai domains was $2.9 million.Lohr Steve 2020-02-04 Tropical Breezes, Pristine Beaches and a Domain Name to Die For en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/custom-urls.html 2021-11-10 0362-4331Lohr Steve Anguilla, with its domain name, cashes in on a quirky trend https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/travel-news/sns-nyt-anguilla-cashes-in-on-quirky-domain-name-20200204-i3q4fohoyre2hmhm2d52rszgqa-story.html 2021-11-10 chicagotribune.com 4 February 2020 In 2023, Anguilla's government made about US$32 million from fees collected for registering .ai domains; that amounted to over 10% of gross domestic product for the territory.Collins Barry The Tiny Caribbean Island That's Making A Fortune From AI https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2024/01/31/the-tiny-caribbean-island-thats-making-a-fortune-from-ai/ 2024-03-25 Forbes en2024-03-24 AI boom makes millions for unlikely industry player, Anguilla https://www.straitstimes.com/business/ai-boom-makes-millions-for-unlikely-industry-player-anguilla 2024-03-25 The Straits Times en 0585-3923 "In the years before the real breakthrough of AI, revenue from .ai domains made up less than 1% of our state income, by 2025 it will be around 47%," explained Jose Vanterpool, Minister of Infrastructure and Communications (MICUHITES), in an interview with BBC..ai to generate nearly half of Anguilla’s revenue this year, tech minister tells BBC https://anguillafocus.com/ai-to-generate-nearly-half-of-anguillas-revenue-this-year-tech-minister-tells-bbc/ Anguilla Focus 2025-09-30 The high 90% renewal rate of .ai domains and the 2025 renewal wave of domains registered in 2023 are driving another surge in state revenues, according to Domaintechnik.How AI Is Making the Caribbean Island of Anguilla Rich https://www.domaintechnik.at/data/doc/manuals/ai-domain-en.pdf Domaintechnik 2025-09-30 See also Internet in the United Kingdom .tv .fm AI washing Notes References External links IANA .ai whois information old .ai NIC page .ai domain registration page .ai whois page collapsed Internet in collapsed Category:Communications in Anguilla Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Artificial intelligence Category:Country code top-level domains with an alternative usage