ok_lyndseyIn the spirit of the Australian #InternetGovernanceForum in Adelaide and online this week, here is an interview with a domain geeks about the .AI domain
When the guy left sales were bringing in $6 million per month. The domain now brings in more than tax revenue. Which is handy because it's a tax haven.
Anguilla's .ai domain name is an internet jackpot - ABC listen
Every time someone buys a web domain ending in .ai, the tiny island nation of Anguilla gets a fee. In the same way that .au is for Australia and .uk is for the United Kingdom, the .ai country code is Anguilla's... which means that the launch of ChatGPT and the booming interest in artificial intelligence has been a windfall for Anguilla. AI start-ups have been snapping up .ai domain names over the last few years, and the fees for .ai domains now account for almost a quarter of Anguilla's government revenue.