What is.AI?

With all the recent interest in artificial intelligence, let’s take a look at the .ai domain extension.

While .com is almost certainly the dominant extension for large, established AI companies, .ai has also gained popularity, especially among some AI startups.

What is .ai?

The .ai extension is the country code for Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory located in the Caribbean Sea. Anguilla is located near and east of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands.

Anguilla has a population of less than 20,000 people and a total land area of ​​only about 91 square kilometers. Anguilla has incredible natural beauty, and its most important industries are tourism, as well as offshore registration and banking services.

While most people are interested in second-level domains with the .ai extension, third-level domains are also available for purchase, including off.ai, com.ai, net.ai, and org.ai.

Registration costs are not cheap:

While the .ai extension is unrestricted and can be registered by anyone for any domain, it does come with a price tag. Annual registrations and renewals start at about $65 per year, according to TLD-List, and many registrars charge much more. The registry also insists on a two-year registration period.

Virtually no abuse:

While the high cost may put some investors off, the upside is that high-cost TLDs are typically low in abuse, as is the case with .ai. SPAMHAUS shows that only 0.3% of active domains are "bad," with an extremely high badness score of 0.01, indicating virtually no spam or other abuse.