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817 people built something like it. 126 are gone.
That is 18% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 107 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-01 | YCKovi Making car ownership more inclusive, flexible and simple. · kovi.com.br | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | One-stop-shop for restaurants to operate and grow their business. · pidedirecto.mx | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | We help automotive aftermarket brands to supply and sell parts online · alephee.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCCARUPI CARUPI is the world's 1st managed P2P marketplace for used cars · carupi.com | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | On-demand auto maintenance & repairs · mechoautotech.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCEkho Shopify for vehicles · ekho.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Automated user acquisition & selling on WhatsApp for businesses · businessonbot.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCModal digital commerce for the world’s largest auto retailers and brands. · modalup.com | gone |
| 2021-01-01 | YCMayan A growth automation platform for Amazon sellers · mayan.co | still up |
| 2025-06-01 | YCReacher We automate creator marketing for the world's largest brands · reacherapp.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCSleek Browser automation for businesses. · onsleek.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCBlink Same-day delivery for e-commerce companies in Europe. · blinklastmile.com | gone |
| 2015-06-01 | YCShotput Shotput (S15) develops AI and robotics to completely automate… · theshotput.com | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | YCStrideQ Automated phone ordering system for restaurants · strideq.com | still up |
| 2026-01-01 | YCLaurence Quantitative research for autonomous e-commerce growth · laurence.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCHandled Automating post-order operations for e-commerce brands and 3PLs · itshandled.ai | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | Glisten AI automatically categorizes and tags e-commerce product data. · glisten.ai | gone |
| 2019-06-01 | Household needs, from bread to everything. · breadfast.com | still up |
| 2013-06-01 | YCDoorDash Restaurant delivery. · doordash.com | acquired |
| 2015-01-01 | AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of American… · grubmarket.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | YCCruise Self-driving cars. · getcruise.com | acquired |
| 2012-06-01 | Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup · instacart.com | acquired |
| 2016-06-01 | YCMeesho Democratizing internet commerce for everyone in India · meesho.com | acquired |
| 2013-01-01 | YCFivetran The leader in automated data movement · fivetran.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCSuper Super is the first and leading Indonesian social commerce platform · superapp.id | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCWhatnot Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the U.S. · whatnot.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | YCZapier The easiest way to automate your work. · zapier.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCVanta Vanta—the proven leader in automated compliance helping startups… · vanta.com | still up |
| 2014-06-01 | Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. · ginkgobioworks.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | YCShipper Southeast Asia’s e-commerce logistics and enablement platform · shipper.id | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | Building the safety net of the future · pairteam.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCSimetrik No code enterprise SaaS for financial control automation. · simetrik.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCSkydropX Logistic Management System for E-commerce & Retail in Mexico. · skydropx.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | Self-driving semi trucks. · embarktrucks.com | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | B2B E-commerce & Fintech platform for Pharmacies & Hospitals in Africa · remedial.health | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCShipBlu Amazon Level Logistics for eCommerce Companies in MENA. · shipblu.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | Customizable beauty for hair, skin, and body care products. · functionofbeauty.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | Digital trade finance and B2B commerce company · dripcapital.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | Transforming cities and rural areas through AV transit and technology · maymobility.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | YCSnappr Snappr is the one-stop-shop for visual content creation · snappr.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Building India's fast food empire · eatnino.com | gone |
| 2015-01-01 | YCQventus We automate operations for hospitals and health systems · qventus.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCTennr Fast, Transparent Patient Experiences · tennr.com | still up |
| 2013-01-01 | IMPORTANT: The original YC founders are no longer involved with this… · teespring.com | acquired |
| 2020-01-01 | The autonomous revenue cycle management platform. · joincandidhealth.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | YCPlate IQ Automated Accounts Payable · plateiq.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Vertical AI for Audit & Advisory Firms · fieldguide.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCJusto Helps restaurants take online orders directly from customers · getjusto.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCRider Modern parcel delivery for online sellers in Pakistan. · withrider.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | The SMS revenue platform for e-commerce merchants · postscript.io | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | Robotic Process Automation and Document Processing Platform · electroneek.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCVetcove Powering the animal health supply chain. · vetcove.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCclicOH Amazon-like logistics for e-commerce companies in Latam · clicoh.com | still up |
| 2013-06-01 | YCLob Lob is the only automation platform that transforms direct mail into… · lob.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCEstoca The Logistics Operating System for E-commerce in LatAm · estoca.com.br | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | AI to engage employees, predict attrition and automate HR/IT support · infeedo.ai | still up |
| 2013-01-01 | Empowering restaurants and small food makers to ship nationwide. · goldbelly.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Making car ownership and management frictionless. · yoshimobility.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | India's Telemedicine Platform & Online Pharmacy for Dermatology Care · clinikally.com | still up |
| 2011-01-01 | YCClose CRM and sales automation tools for startups and SMBs · close.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.