Slovenia’s .si domain sees a surge in registrations after Trump’s ‘super intelligence’ order
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- 31162
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 02 Oct 2026, 10:47 PM
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- 02 Oct 2026, 11:50 PM
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- TechCrunch
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- technology
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- https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/slovenias-si-domain-sees-a-surge-in-registrations-after-trumps-super-intelligence-order/
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- Score
- 4.5
- Created
- 02 Oct 2026, 11:52 PM
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What happened
After President Trump signed an executive order requiring US government agencies to call "AI" "SI" ("super intelligence"), Slovenia's .si registry reported a 2,199% jump in .si domain purchases in September, including roughly 11,000 new registrations on September 30 (the day after the order) and almost 13,000 in the following 24 hours, according to Registry SI spokesperson Klara Herman. Hostinger says .si is now its second most popular extension behind .com, with about 4,300 registrations on Sept 30 and 5,400 on Oct 1; Wix saw no meaningful uptick, GoDaddy doesn't yet host .si, and Squarespace hadn't responded. The pattern echoes the earlier .ai boom that generated millions for Anguilla.
Why it matters
If you are choosing a product or company domain right now, a US naming mandate has made a two-letter country code suddenly contested: Hostinger reports .si as its #2 extension and >75% of its .si registrations since late September landed in a two-day window, which means more squatting risk on <yourbrand>.si and possible registrar price moves. Decide explicitly whether .si (or the equivalent .ai-style variant) is worth a defensive registration, rather than assuming it will still be cheap and available next month. Note the counter-evidence: Wix saw no meaningful uptick, so the surge is concentrated in specific registrars, not universal.
Discussion angle
Treat this as a domain-speculation playbook: which two-letter extensions does your brand need defensively, and is the .ai/Anguilla precedent (a policy or naming trend handing a country-code TLD a windfall) something you'd act on early or ignore? Bring a real example from your own domain list.