Times Caribbean | AnalysisIn a world where artificial intelligence is rewriting economies, Anguilla has emerged as one of the most unlikely—and most successful—beneficiaries of the global AI explosion. In 2024 alone, Anguilla generated roughly 25 percent of its total government revenue from domain name registrations. A Stroke of Internet FateIn the early days of the internet, Anguilla was assigned the country code top-level domain .ai, a routine administrative decision that drew little attention at the time. Unlike traditional industries vulnerable to hurricanes, pandemics, or global downturns, domain revenue is borderless, automated, and relentlessly scalable. In the AI era, Anguilla didn’t build the machines—but it owns the name.