How a Tiny Caribbean Island Stumbled on a Digital Fortune

Anguilla, a small British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, has unexpectedly struck digital gold. In 2024, the island earned approximately 105.5 million East Caribbean dollars (about US $39 million) by licensing the .ai domain—a suffix hugely popular among AI-related companies and organizations. This figure represented nearly 23% of the island’s total government revenue, while tourism accounted […]