.ai Domains and the AI Gold Rush: How a Caribbean Island Became Silicon Valley's Hottest Namespace
We analyzed 3.45 million .ai domain names and subdomains — including 995,445 unique root registrations — in the DomainsProject dataset and cross-referenced registry data, aftermarket sales, and government revenue figures to map the .ai explosion — from 48,000 registrations in 2018 to over one million today, and what it means for the 14,000 residents of Anguilla now collecting an estimated $93 million per year from two letters.