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1,902 people built something like it. 226 are gone.
That is 12% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 84 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 | YCDeepgram Building foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding. · deepgram.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCHENRY We train AI engineers and connect them with companies. · soyhenry.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCSoraban AI tax workflow platform for accounting firms · soraban.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | The most magical personal Voice-Led AI English Learning Buddy for Kids · sparkstudio.co | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | AI-Powered Super Mentor for Test Prep · superkalam.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCloopfour Workflow automation, without AI hallucinations. · loopfour.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCEdwin Edwin is virtual English tutor - an AI-powered service for learning… · edwin.ai | acquired |
| 2019-06-01 | YCEARTH AI Predictive Explorer and Driller for Critical Metal Deposits · earth-ai.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | Capitol: the sovereign operating system for intelligence. · capitol.ai | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCMySivi MySivi - AI English Speaking Practice App · mysivi.ai | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | AI-powered corporate learning for accelerated employee growth & skill… · tailor-ed.com | gone |
| 2024-06-01 | YCSimCare AI avatars to scale healthcare training. · simcare.ai | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | AI-driven exam prep · alice.tech | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCMathos Ultimate AI Math Problem Solver to Revolutionize Personalized Learning · info.mathos.ai | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCToko Learn English by speaking with an AI · tokotutor.com | still up |
| 2024-09-01 | YCx1 AI app builder for creating and launching iPhone apps · x1.new | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCEdexia AI Teacher Assistant for Grading Essays · edexia.com | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | YCStuddy An AI math tutor for every student · studdy.ai | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | AI tutor starting with maths and science · excellence-ai.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCRaven AI Assistants for Manufacturing Operations · startraven.com | still up |
| 2025-09-01 | The first platform where families can create AI cartoons in minutes · pixleyai.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | AI tutors for exam prep · miyagilabs.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCPair AI Reimagining education with short form video and AI · pairai.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCSentiyen Conversational AI assistants using your knowledge · sentiyen.com | still up |
| 2026-06-01 | YCBloomy AI-native learning for every school · bloomylearning.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | Rebuilding healthcare with AI at the core · akidolabs.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCScale AI Data-centric infrastructure to accelerate the development of AI · scale.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCTaktile Transform your decision-making with reliable AI agents in weeks, not… · taktile.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCEncord The data layer for physical AI · encord.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCvoize We build the AI companion for nurses, to create time for care. · voize.de | still up |
| 2022-07-12 | pixieapp.co | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCCodingal Leading online after-school for kids & teens to learn AI & coding · codingal.com | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | End-to-end content, learning, & deal intelligence for B2B sales teams · letter.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCMindee AI Document Understanding API · mindee.com | still up |
| 2022-03-10 | prepform.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | Paperspace is a cloud platform for building and scaling AI… · paperspace.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | YCOverview Reshaping industrial quality with AI, hardware, and software · overview.ai | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCrct AI build AI NPCs · rct.ai | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | PROVEN is using AI, data and personalization to disrupt CPG · provenskincare.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Compliant-Ready AI for the Enterprise · dynamo.ai | still up |
| 2024-09-01 | AI tutors for students. · generallearning.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCFINNY AI The organic growth engine for financial advisors · finny.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCLanceDB Open-source, serverless vectordb for production-scale generative AI · lancedb.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCCrowdAI CrowdAI is the world's leading no-code platform for vision AI · crowdai.com | acquired |
| 2018-01-01 | YCAcely Every student's AI coach for college readiness · acely.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCMundo AI High Quality Multilingual Training Data for AI Models · mundoai.world | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCSpade Spade is the data and AI platform for modern finance. · spade.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCD-ID Enable creators and developers to generate realistic AI personas · d-id.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Financial data layer for AI-powered finance and accounting · blueonion.ai | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCMach9 AI CAD Software for Civil Engineering · mach9.ai | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | The fastest way to ship airtight AI · openlayer.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YC222 the AI social facilitator for offline human to human interactions · 222.place | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCRevl AI edited video souvenirs as a service · revl.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | Talent AI improving quality of hire · searchlight.ai | acquired |
| 2020-01-01 | YCHandoff AI estimator & agent for remodelers. · handoff.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | AI-native Robotics · nexterarobotics.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCSpokn AI-powered video platform for Internal Comms and HR teams · getspokn.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCPowerX AI powered sensors that save energy, water and emissions · powerx.co | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | LLM for Legal in Brazil · lexter.ai | still up |
| 2023-04-06 | koodup.com | still up |
How this compares
Y Combinator reports its own outcomes, including acquisitions. The other two are judged by asking the domain, so they are not measured the same way and are never averaged together.
Older launches have had longer to die, so this slope is expected. A year that broke it would mean something is wrong with the checking.
Matched on whole words in the title and description, so a launch can fall into two categories and plenty fall into none.
The register re-probes every domain it holds. Some that answered last month stop answering. We send that list — what went quiet, and what it was — once a month. Nothing else.
How this was made. Show HN entries are every post from 2021 to 2023 with at least five points that linked to its own domain; code hosts and free hosting are excluded, because a repository outlives the effort behind it. Product Hunt entries needed 100 votes — a far higher bar, so they are the promoted top slice rather than a like-for-like sample. Both are judged by asking the domain whether it still answers: gone means it no longer resolves, refuses the connection, serves a parking page, or says plainly that it shut down. An HTTP error is not counted as gone — a server answering 404 is one somebody still pays for, and an audit of 25 gone-calls found two such sites alive with only a moved homepage. Y Combinator entries use the status YC publishes itself, which is why only those can say acquired. Squatted domains — a lapsed name now serving somebody else's site — are not detected, so these figures run slightly low.