.ai

.ai
Introduced	16 February 1995
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Offshore Information Services
Sponsor	Government of Anguilla
Intended use	Entities connected with Anguilla
Actual use	Some use in Anguilla; very popular with companies working in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.
Registered domains	572,575 (November 2024)
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Registrations possible at third level, beneath several second-level labels, are available to anybody; second-level registrations are now available to anybody as well (as of 26 June 2006).
Dispute policies	UDRP
DNSSEC	Yes
Registry website	nic.com.ai

.ai is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is administered by the government of Anguilla.

It is popular with companies and projects related to the artificial intelligence industry (AI).^[2]^[3]^[4]

Google's ad targeting treats .ai as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country-targeted."^[5]

^ "FAQ / Terms and Conditions". whois.ai. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ Purnell, Newley; Olson, Parmy (14 August 2019). "AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020 – via www.wsj.com.
^ "What's in a Name? Trends in Creating Robot and AI Company Names". Robotics Business Review. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ Tung, Liam. "Why one tiny island is still a domain name giant". ZDNet.
^ "Managing multi-regional and multilingual sites". Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[1] "FAQ / Terms and Conditions". whois.ai. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

[2] Purnell, Newley; Olson, Parmy (14 August 2019). "AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020 – via www.wsj.com.

[3] "What's in a Name? Trends in Creating Robot and AI Company Names". Robotics Business Review. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[4] Tung, Liam. "Why one tiny island is still a domain name giant". ZDNet.

[5] "Managing multi-regional and multilingual sites". Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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Contract period	2 Years
Registration	203.49 €
Transfer	195.16 €
Renew	195.16 €
Owner change	47.60 €
WHOIS privacy	Not available
Transfer lock	Not available