Anguilla's .ai windfall reaches US$232.2 million, one sixth of the economy

Receipts from the artificial-intelligence internet suffix delivered a US$171 million surplus, turning a tiny territory's domain into its largest revenue line. Island in Focus.

Anguilla has found an unlikely fiscal engine in the alphabet. Receipts from .ai, the internet suffix the territory happens to own, reached US$232.2 million, about 16.5% of GDP, and delivered a US$171 million surplus. The artificial-intelligence boom that made every startup want a .ai address has quietly become the island's largest single revenue line.