You asked about Data Engineering
24 people built something like it. 3 are gone.
That is 14% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 3 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-01 | YCauthzed Authorization Infrastructure securing AI at OpenAI, Zoom, & more · authzed.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCSecoda Secoda is the AI layer for your Analytics · secoda.co | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Build better computer vision models by building better datasets · segments.ai | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCClear The unbiased AI and data layer for skin health. · getclearapp.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCPatterns Next-Gen Financial Analysis and Reporting with AI Agents · patterns.app | gone |
| 2021-01-01 | YCEncord The data layer for physical AI · encord.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCAnakin One API to get clean data from any website for your AI agents at scale · anakin.io | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCVerihubs AI-powered Deepfake Detection · verihubs.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCMindee AI Document Understanding API · mindee.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCVapi Voice AI for developers. · vapi.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 |
| 2021-06-01 | AI Agents for Data Operations · oneschema.co | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCAbstra Automate finance operations with Python and AI · abstra.io | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Affogato AI — Your Agent for instant TikToks, Reels, and ads. · affogato.ai | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | AI native mobile testing. · mobileboost.io | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCWaydev Engineering intelligence for AI transformation · waydev.co | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Plan and review AI generated code · vibekanban.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCunSurvey AI-led market research interviews, no scheduling, instant insights. · unsurvey.ai | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | Never code alone. · squire.ai | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | YCGetDot Your AI Data Analyst · getdot.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCCodeball AI-Powered Code Review · codeball.ai | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | YCHirebolt AI engineering capacity. Made simple. ⚡️ · hirebolt.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCBytebot Bytebot is the open source container for AI desktop agents. · bytebot.ai | acquired |
How this compares
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.