.si vs .ai
Two comparisons hide in this query. One is the domains, Slovenia's .si against Anguilla's .ai. The other is the words, the US government's new label for AI against the research term it borrowed. Both are below, domains first.
The domains
| .si | .ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Slovenia | Anguilla |
| Who runs it | Arnes, a public academic network | The Government of Anguilla, with Identity Digital as the registry operator |
| Wholesale price | €10 a year | About $80 a year, as reported by Domain Name Wire |
| Typical retail | $11.54 to €20 a year | About $90 a year |
| Minimum term | 1 year | 2 years |
| Who gets the money | The registry | The government. About $85 million in 2025 |
| How Google treats it | Slovenia's country domain | Generic, like .com |
| Registrations, 23 to 29 September 2026 | 17,621 | 7,209 |
Registration counts from Domaintechnik via CircleID. Anguilla revenue from its Ministry of Finance via CircleID. Retail prices from Hostinger via TechCrunch, 2 October 2026, and from Dynadot and Domgate. The .ai wholesale price from Domain Name Wire, 2 February 2026.
If you own a brand on .ai, register the .si for the price of lunch and point it at your site. About half of the early .si registrations through one registrar were listed for resale within days, so the name you want may already be on a marketplace. The registry price is €10.
For search, the difference is the country signal. Google treats .ai as generic. It treats .si as Slovenian. A site on .si can rank anywhere, but it starts with a signal pointing at Slovenia, so it needs content and links that point somewhere else.
The words
Super intelligence, two words, is what US federal documents now call AI. Superintelligence, one word, is the research term for a system that beats every human at everything. The order borrowed the second to rename the first. The software didn't change.
Questions
Is .si the super intelligence domain?
It's Slovenia's domain. It happens to spell SI, so 175,890 names were registered between 22 September and 9 October.
Does Google treat .si like .ai?
No. .ai is on Google's list of country codes it treats as generic. .si isn't.
Should I redirect .si to .ai?
If you bought it to protect a brand, yes. A 301 from the .si name to your .ai site is the whole job.
Which is cheaper?
.si, by a lot. About $12 a year against about $90 with a two year minimum.