Anguilla's .ai domain surpasses 1 million registrations in January 2026, generating estimated $70 million in government revenue—22% of total—as AI boom drives website gold rush for British territory of 15,000 people.

There are now more than 1 million “.ai” websites, contributing an estimated $70 million to Anguilla’s government revenue last year

Little Bay Beach, Anguilla (Getty Images)Data from Domain Name Stat reveals that the top-level domain originally assigned to the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla passed the milestone in early January.From Sandisk shareholders to vibe coders, AI is making — and breaking — fortunes at a rapid pace.One unlikely beneficiary has been the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, which lucked into a future fortune when ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, gave the island...