You asked about Artificial Intelligence
1,011 people built something like it. 89 are gone.
That is 9% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 69 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 | Rebuilding healthcare with AI at the core · akidolabs.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | AI-First Creative Partner for Enterprise Teams · superside.com | still up |
| 2014-06-01 | YCCheckr People infrastructure for the future of work · checkr.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCLeena AI We at Leena AI build a virtual assistant that answers employee's… · leena.ai | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCScale AI Data-centric infrastructure to accelerate the development of AI · scale.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCLegora The AI workspace for lawyers · legora.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCMiso We make booking services as easy as buying products online. · miso.kr | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Harnesses business activity to unlock growth. · people.ai | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCSendbird The AI agent that doesn’t just support, it delights. · sendbird.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCHumand All-in-one app for internal communication and HR · humand.co | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | Transforming cities and rural areas through AV transit and technology · maymobility.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | Corgi is building an AI financial infrastructure company · corgi.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | AI + Robotics for the Built World · geckorobotics.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCQventus We automate operations for hospitals and health systems · qventus.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCgarten Creating workplace wellbeing. · garten.co | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | IP operating software for brands and content companies · marqvision.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Vertical AI for Audit & Advisory Firms · fieldguide.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCZeitview Inspection software for renewable energy & sustainable infrastructure · zeitview.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Jasper is a leader in creating content using Artificial Intelligence · jasper.ai | still up |
| 2022-06-18 | ugurkilci.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCMashgin Self-Checkout using Computer Vision. · mashgin.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCTaktile Transform your decision-making with reliable AI agents in weeks, not… · taktile.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | AI company transforming enterprise physical security to prevent… · ambient.ai | still up |
| 2022-01-07 | yamak.ai | gone |
| 2018-06-01 | YCWithin Company Brain for people and agents to work in harmony. · within.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCPibit.ai The fastest path from submission to better decisions. · pibit.ai | still up |
| 2022-05-26 | iplan.ai | still up |
| 2022-10-16 | neuralformula.com | unverified |
| 2019-01-01 | The phone that gives families peace of mind about aging parents · communityphone.org | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Your AI partner for North America truckload freight · nuvocargo.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCAirbyte Context layer for production-grade AI agents · airbyte.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | AI-native operating system for home service businesses · broccoli.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCKunduz Kunduz provides instant answers to students' questions and makes… · kunduz.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCModel ML AI Workspace for Financial Services. · modelml.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | AI games and entertainment on TV · weekend.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCRinsed Software to run car washes moving to a monthly subscription model · rinsed.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCPromise Better payment systems for governments and the communities they serve. · promise-pay.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCTavus Building the human layer of AI · tavus.io | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCPump.co The Costco for cloud is here 🔥🔥 · pump.co | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | The Smart Market for Institutional Investors · onechronos.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | QueryPie AIP - Enterprise Ready Agentic AI Platform · querypie.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | AI-Powered Building Management · vergesense.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | Document AI. One API Call. · veryfi.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 |
| 2015-01-01 | Artificial intelligence for drug discovery. · numerionlabs.ai | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCBeGo BeGo Connects cargo shippers with truck suppliers in Mexico and US · bego.ai | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | The best way to build Voice AI apps · assemblyai.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCMotion The only work management platform for both Human and AI Employees · usemotion.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCVerihubs AI-powered Deepfake Detection · verihubs.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | YCEmbrace Modern user-focused observability built on OpenTelemetry · embrace.io | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | YCSwipe Super AI Accountant for SMBs · getswipe.in | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCTreinta Software and AI tools for SMBs in the US and Latin America · treinta.co | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCPopl Your AI GTM platform for In-Person Events · popl.co | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCCambio AI-native commercial real estate operations · cambio.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCHeron Underwriting automation for SMB finance · herondata.io | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCMindee AI Document Understanding API · mindee.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Software orchestrated mass production of plastics · atomic.industries | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Plug-and-play AI platform with sensors and dashboards that makes… · iotflows.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Physical AI for Warehouses and Factories · fluxauto.ai | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCGovDash AI platform to win and run government contracts · govdash.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.
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.