# India beats US in the .si domain rush

> After Trump's executive order rebranding AI as SI, domain speculators worldwide scrambled for Slovenia's country code, with Indian buyers narrowly edging Americans.
- Title: India beats US in the .si domain rush · TechRadar | Shortify
- Summary: After Trump's executive order rebranding AI as SI, domain speculators worldwide scrambled for Slovenia's country code, with Indian buyers narrowly edging…
- Keywords: domain names, .si domains, slovenia, trump administration, super intelligence, domain speculation, india, united states, hostinger, register.si, technology, beats
- Source: TechRadar — https://techradar.com/pro/scalpers-from-the-us-are-not-the-only-players-looking-to-score-a-piece-of-the-si-domain-gold-rush-but-the-country-dominating-the-list-might-surprise-you
- Published: 2026-10-09T18:20:00+00:00
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- Topics: domain names, .si domains, slovenia, trump administration, super intelligence, domain speculation, india, united states, hostinger, register.si, technology
## Trump rebrands AI as SI
On September twenty-second, President Trump told the UN General Assembly the US government would call artificial intelligence super intelligence, or SI.
## Executive order makes it official
A week later Trump signed Executive Order fourteen thousand four hundred thirty-four, telling federal agencies to swap in the new terms and saying the executive branch will not acknowledge the use of artificial intelligence and…

> will not acknowledge the use of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI.'
## Slovenia's .si domain matches the acronym
Slovenia's country code dot S I has been in use since nineteen ninety-two. Anyone can register a dot S I name without a Slovenian address, and it costs far less than dot A I.
## Registration surge begins immediately
Register dot S I recorded three thousand five hundred fifteen new dot S I domains in all of August and forty-six thousand sixty-six in September, about thirteen times as many.
## Peak registrations hit in early October
On October ninth twenty twenty-six, Register dot S I's live counter showed nineteen thousand five hundred forty-one new dot S I names registered in the preceding twenty-four hours, roughly five times pre-order daily pace.
## India edges out the United States
Hostinger data shows India registered three thousand one hundred seventy-four dot S I names against three thousand one hundred thirty-five from the US, a gap of just thirty-nine across nine days.
## Morocco surprises as third largest buyer
Morocco came a distant third with six hundred seventy-eight registrations, ahead of the UK at four hundred twenty-five, Canada at four hundred nine, Germany at three hundred seventy-four, and the UAE at three hundred sixty-three.
## Short names dominate the registrations
Among classified names, short names led with one thousand five hundred fifty-four registrations, followed by tech-themed names at one thousand forty and explicitly AI-themed names at three hundred seventy-two.
## Speculators list domains for resale
Netcraft found that just over half of the dot S I names registered at Dynadot between Trump's Truth Social poll and his UN speech were promptly listed on Dynadot's resale marketplace.
## Cheap registration enables mass hoarding
Hostinger charges eleven dollars ninety-nine for the first year and sixteen dollars ninety-nine to renew, while Register dot S I takes ten euros per domain, allowing speculators to hoard hundreds of names cheaply.
## Survival depends on SI staying official
The real question is how many names survive their first renewal in late twenty twenty-seven. If SI stays a White House term while the industry keeps saying AI, most speculative registrations will quietly lapse.
## Key takeaway

India's registrations of Slovenia's .si domain slightly outpaced the US after Trump rebranded artificial intelligence as super intelligence, sparking global speculation in short domain names.