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A look at Anguilla, a tiny British territory in the Caribbean with the .ai TLD, which made $2.9M in fees in 2018 through domain sales to AI startups and others

by A.I. start-ups or by speculators hoping to resell the names to big companies or investors — the island of Anguilla collects a $50-a-year fee, which goes mostly to the government treasury. https://www.nytimes.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Reality is too weird, @SteveLohr edition: *Anguilla is collecting millions of dollars from companies that want a “.ai” web domain. *Something called Donuts Inc. is not 🍩 but hoards valuable web addresses. https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimesbusiness : The island of Anguilla has tropical breezes, white-sand beaches and an internet domain name that hot new A.I. start-ups can't live without https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimesbusiness : The economy of Anguilla, a tiny British territory in the Caribbean, is the lucky financial beneficiary of two hot trends in technology: artificial intelligence and vanity internet addresses — domain names that end in “.ai” https://www.nytimes.com/...

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  • @dealbook @dealbook on x
    Every time a .ai domain name is registered or renewed — by A.I. start-ups or by speculators hoping to resell the names to big companies or investors — the island of Anguilla collects a $50-a-year fee, which goes mostly to the government treasury. https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @shiraovide Shira Ovide on x
    Reality is too weird, @SteveLohr edition: *Anguilla is collecting millions of dollars from companies that want a “.ai” web domain. *Something called Donuts Inc. is not 🍩 but hoards valuable web addresses. https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @nytimesbusiness @nytimesbusiness on x
    The island of Anguilla has tropical breezes, white-sand beaches and an internet domain name that hot new A.I. start-ups can't live without https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @nytimesbusiness @nytimesbusiness on x
    The economy of Anguilla, a tiny British territory in the Caribbean, is the lucky financial beneficiary of two hot trends in technology: artificial intelligence and vanity internet addresses — domain names that end in “.ai” https://www.nytimes.com/...