You asked about Auto Commerce
221 people built something like it. 14 are gone.
That is 7% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 14 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-01 | YCShotput Shotput (S15) develops AI and robotics to completely automate… · theshotput.com | gone |
| 2020-01-01 | Glisten AI automatically categorizes and tags e-commerce product data. · glisten.ai | gone |
| 2015-01-01 | AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of American… · grubmarket.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Vertical AI for Audit & Advisory Firms · fieldguide.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | AI to engage employees, predict attrition and automate HR/IT support · infeedo.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCNumeral The AI-native sales tax solution. · numeral.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | Applied AI for The Emerging Economies · latentspace.sh | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Power commerce photography with generative AI · photoroom.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | YCThread Thread makes it incredibly easy to dress well, using stylists and AI · thread.com | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | YCConfido AI-enabled financial automation and intelligence for CPG Brands · confidotech.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCStackAI The Enterprise AI Transformation Platform · stackai.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCMindee AI Document Understanding API · mindee.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Physical AI for Warehouses and Factories · fluxauto.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCBIK Agentic AI CRM for ecommerce · bik.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCSoraban AI tax workflow platform for accounting firms · soraban.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCSully.ai Autonomous team of AI agents that runs the entire hospital operations · sully.ai | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCPaces Agentic AI for Power Projects and AI Infrastructure · paces.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | PROVEN is using AI, data and personalization to disrupt CPG · provenskincare.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCSalient AI Servicing for Auto Lenders · trysalient.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | We help companies scale marketing campaigns through WhatsApp · treble.ai | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCGumloop The multiplayer AI agent builder. Let anyone build, IT controls access · gumloop.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCFINNY AI The organic growth engine for financial advisors · finny.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCDepict GPT Search & Merchandising for fashion e-commerce · depict.ai | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | AI-enabled automation of diagnostic radiology workflow and reporting. · synapsica.com | gone |
| 2020-06-01 | YCDatafold Automating manual and repetitive data engineering tasks with AI · datafold.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | Automate data-driven slide decks and documents with AI · rollstack.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCYuma AI The AI Support Agent for Ecommerce · yuma.ai | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | Automated tooth cutting for dentists using imaging, AI and robotics · perceptive.io | still up |
| 2013-01-01 | Data and AI platform for Ecommerce & Cross-Border Logistics · semantics3.com | acquired |
| 2024-01-01 | Autonomous offensive and defensive cybersecurity platform · codeant.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCDatrics Generative AI Healthcare Coding Automation · datrics.ai | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | One-click checkout and AI sales assistant for LatAm. · comprarapida.co | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCloopfour Workflow automation, without AI hallucinations. · loopfour.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCToma AI for Underserved Industries · toma.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | AI-native Robotics · nexterarobotics.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCMercura AI Quote and Order Automation for Distributors & Manufacturers · mercura.ai | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | AI Agents for Data Operations · oneschema.co | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCInkeep Build AI Agent teammates and automations in code or no-code · inkeep.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCAbstra Automate finance operations with Python and AI · abstra.io | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | Automate security and privacy reviews · clearly-ai.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCGauss AI agent that helps consumers lower the cost of debt automatically · gauss.money | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCCerrion Video AI to automatically detect and respond to production line… · cerrion.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | Helping furniture companies create product visuals with AI · presti.ai | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCEntangl Find & resolve issues in data center engineering & operations using AI · entangl.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | Automating Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management with AI Workforce · combinehealth.ai | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCStream The AI Claims Workbench automating insurance claims · stream.claims | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | AI Agents For RFP and Questionnaire Response Automation · inventive.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | AI-native Operating System for Enterprise Ecommerce Companies · hypotenuse.ai | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCCarma The AI Operating System For Modern Fleets. · joincarma.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCParallel AI agents for healthcare admin · beparallel.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCIntuned Code-first scrapers and RPAs — built and maintained by AI · intunedhq.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCFini Fini | Automate 80% of enterprise support with AI agents · usefini.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCIntryc Intryc uses AI to automate quality assurance for customer support · intryc.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCReform AI Agents for high-stakes work. · reformhq.com | still up |
| 2024-09-01 | Automating consumer debt collection with AI · collectwise.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCSkypher AI agent for Compliance Questionnaires Automation · skypher.co | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Dramatically better search and ads for marketplaces · promoted.ai | acquired |
| 2018-06-01 | YCPhiar We are developing a revolutionary AI-powered augmented reality… · phiar.net | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | YCZensors AI to understand and automates the physical world · zensors.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCZeit AI The autonomous data engineer for the mid-market · zeit-ai.com | still up |
How this compares
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.
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.