Anguilla’s booming .ai domain industry has continued to shatter records, generating revenues of EC$39 million in March and $35.8m in April (US$14.4m and $13.2m).
The numbers have continued their sharp upward trajectory following January’s total of $25.5m and February’s $32.8m – which itself was nearly double the same period in 2025.
Information technology minister Jose Vanterpool announced the latest figures during a government press conference on 18 May.
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He said the “revenues continue to perform strongly” with March recording the highest ever domain registration earnings total and April just behind.
“For those who may not have remembered – as a reference point, the average revenue that we would have had last year was about $21m per month,” Vanterpool added.
In October, 2024, US company Identity Digital signed a memorandum of understanding with Anguilla’s government to manage the sale of .ai domain registrations for five years.
Representatives said they would be using their global registry management system to help reduce cybersecurity risks and protect the coveted domain’s reputation.
Former premier Ellis Webster said the company would charge a small percentage of the domain registration costs for the company’s services, but did not provide further details.
The .ai country code top-level domain (ccTLD) officially migrated over to the company’s platform in January 2025.
Anguilla went on to earn EC$230m (US$85.3m) from .ai domain registrations in 2025 – far exceeding the government’s projected end-of-year total.
In April this year, Anguilla hosted a high-level global summit for .ai domain registrars, bringing together major international tech and digital industry players.
