You asked about Artificial Intelligence
1,000 people built something like it. 86 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 | 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 |
| 2016-06-01 | YCMiso We make booking services as easy as buying products online. · miso.kr | 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 |
| 2015-01-01 | YCQventus We automate operations for hospitals and health systems · qventus.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | AI + Robotics for the Built World · geckorobotics.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 |
| 2015-01-01 | YCMashgin Self-Checkout using Computer Vision. · mashgin.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | AI company transforming enterprise physical security to prevent… · ambient.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCTaktile Transform your decision-making with reliable AI agents in weeks, not… · taktile.com | still up |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2018-06-01 | YCKunduz Kunduz provides instant answers to students' questions and makes… · kunduz.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | AI-native operating system for home service businesses · broccoli.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | AI games and entertainment on TV · weekend.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCModel ML AI Workspace for Financial Services. · modelml.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 |
| 2016-06-01 | The Smart Market for Institutional Investors · onechronos.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCPump.co The Costco for cloud is here 🔥🔥 · pump.co | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | QueryPie AIP - Enterprise Ready Agentic AI Platform · querypie.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 |
| 2017-06-01 | AI-Powered Building Management · vergesense.com | 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 |
| 2021-01-01 | YCMindee AI Document Understanding API · mindee.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCCambio AI-native commercial real estate operations · cambio.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Software orchestrated mass production of plastics · atomic.industries | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCHeron Underwriting automation for SMB finance · herondata.io | 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 |
| 2023-06-01 | YCLangdock The all-in-one AI platform for companies. · langdock.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCEden Building Clinical Superintelligence. · edenmed.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Enterprise Deepfake Detection · realitydefender.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCSkyLink Travel Management Meets AI · tryskylink.com | acquired |
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.