The tiny country of Anguilla (pop 15,000) has an official country top-level domain code for the internet of .ai. Domain name registrations have surged from 48,000 in 2018 to 870,000 in the year to date and that source of revenue alone now accounts for nearly 50% of state revenues.

A bar chart displaying the share of .ai domain revenues in the state budget of Anguilla from 2018 to 2025. The x-axis lists years, and the y-axis shows the percentage share, ranging from 0 to 50%. Bars indicate revenue shares: 2018 at a low percentage, slight increases in 2019 and 2020, small rises in 2021 and 2022, a significant increase in 2023, and a peak at nearly 50% in 2025.

Hat tip: Cremieux

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