It is a tiny Caribbean island with a unique asset

The AI ​​is A bottomless well of burning money. There is Very few companies earning money With this technological boom and the fear that everything will be A bubble about to explode The atmosphere flies over. In the midst of this uncertain panorama, an unexpected winner has emerged, a small British island located in the Caribbean Sea. Your secret? It has control of the domain .AI

.AI The domain was created in 1995 specifically for Isla de Anguila. Like the .es. With the AI ​​boom, the use of domains.

The boom. Perplexity.ai, x.ai, Google.AI… They are some of the AI ​​services that these domains use, but there are many more. According to This report From the Domain Technik hosting service, in 2018 there were approximately 48,000 .AI registered domains. The figure was growing over the years, but in 2023 the thing is triggered and the 354,000 domains are reached, which meant 145% growth with respect to 2022. There are currently 870,000. Taking into account that up to date an average of 1,500 domains are being recorded.

Income. As reflected in the Annual Income, Expenses and Capital Report of 2024 of the Anguilla government, in 2022 the income derived from the domain registry. In the world of AI, they are ridiculous figures, but on a small island like eel, it is an important part of its income.

Caution. According to the local medium Anguilla FocusJose Vanterpol, Minister of Infrastructure and Communications said that “in the years prior to the true advance of AI, income from domains. However, they are cautious. In statements A AP News Last year, Prime Minister Ellis Webster said that “we cannot predict how long this will last (…) I do not want our economy, our country and all our programs to be based solely on this.”

Other cases. Anguilla is not the only case of a domain that unexpectedly becomes a gold mine for a region. He passed with Tuvalu, an archipelago between Australia and Hawaii who saw how The .TV domains became their second source of income. There has also been similar cases With the domains .ly belonging to Libya and. Me de Montenegro.

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