AI — Anguilla

Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, a small island east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The Valley serves as the capital. Despite its tiny size (91 sq km), Anguilla has become significant in the tech world because the .ai ccTLD has exploded in popularity during the artificial intelligence boom, with companies like x.ai, character.ai, and many AI startups using .ai domains. This has generated substantial revenue for the territory. For developers, the AI country code and .ai domain are among the most commercially valuable ccTLDs in the world. The +1-264 dialing code follows the North American Numbering Plan. Anguilla uses the East Caribbean Dollar (XCD), shared across several Caribbean territories. The en-AI locale handles English as used locally. Anguilla's outsized digital footprint relative to its population makes it a fascinating case study in how country code assignments can create unexpected economic opportunities.