.ai is the

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) for

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, a

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in the

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. It is administered by the

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. It is a popular

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with companies and projects related to the

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industry (AI).

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's ad targeting treats .ai as a

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(gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see he domainas being more generic than country-targeted." Identity Digital began managing the domain as of January 2025.

Second and third level registrations

Registrations within off.ai, com.ai, net.ai, and org.ai are available worldwide without restriction. From 15 September 2009, second level registrations within .ai are available to everyone worldwide.

Registration

The minimum registration term allowed for .ai domains is 2 through 10 years for registration and renewal, and a 2-year renewal for domain transfer. Identity Digital is the authority in charge of managing this extension. Registrations began on 16 February 1995. The limits on the number of characters used for the domain name are, at a minimum, from 1 to 3, depending on the registrar, and always at most 63 characters. The character set supported for .ai domain names includes A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and hyphen. As of November 2022, .ai domains cannot accommodate IDN characters. There are no requirements for registering a domain, including local and foreign residents. A .ai domain can be suspended or revoked, if the domain is involved in illegal activity such as violating trademarks or copyrights. Usage must not violate the laws of Anguilla. Anguilla uses the

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. Filing a UDRP challenge requires using one of the

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Approved Dispute Resolution Service Providers. If the domain is with an ICANN accredited registrar, they should work with the arbitrator. Usually this means either doing nothing or transferring a domain. .ai domains are transferable to any desired registrars as the registration of domain is done maintaining EPP. There used to be a whois.ai platform of expired .ai domains in which those could be procured and auctioned every ten days through a standard online process. The last auctions of such kind closed there in December 2024; the platform is scheduled for shutdown on 30 June 2025.

Valuation

Domains cost US$180 for each two-to-ten-year period. As of December 2017, the ".ai" registry supports

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. Consequently, many registrars are allowed to sell ".ai" domains. Since then, the .ai

has also been popular with

companies and organizations. Though such trends are primarily seen among new AI based companies or startups, many established AI and Tech companies preferred not to opt for .ai domains. For example,

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has its domain retained at .com; Meta has redirected its facebook.ai domain to ai.meta.com. As of November 2022, ''expert.ai'' is the most valued .ai domain that has been sold. The sell was brokered and mediated by Sedo in June 2020 and was finalized at €95,000 ().

Impact on Anguilla's economy

The registration fees earned from the .ai domains go to the treasury of the Government of Anguilla. As per a 2018 ''

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'' report, the total revenue generated out of selling .ai domains was $2.9 million. In 2023, Anguilla's government made about US$32 million from fees collected for registering .ai domains; that amounted to over 10% of

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for the territory.

Notes

References

External links

IANA .ai whois information

old .ai NIC page

.ai domain registration page

.ai whois page
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