You asked about CRM
52 people built something like it. 11 are gone.
That is 22% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 3 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-04 | folk.app | still up |
| 2022-11-24 | clientjoy.io | still up |
| 2022-03-15 | vessel.land | unverified |
| 2012-06-01 | YCLever Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM · lever.co | acquired |
| 2022-01-25 | huntr.co | still up |
| 2022-04-29 | buildmemo.com | unverified |
| 2022-06-28 | gorattle.com | still up |
| 2022-03-09 | growfin.ai | still up |
| 2023-09-23 | elim.app | unverified |
| 2022-02-10 | ohmylead.com | still up |
| 2011-01-01 | YCClose CRM and sales automation tools for startups and SMBs · close.com | still up |
| 2022-06-14 | apideck.com | still up |
| 2021-05-23 | kiter.app | still up |
| 2022-01-13 | templateroad.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCExly One stop shop for creators to launch, manage & grow their knowledge… · exlyapp.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCOneLocal OneLocal is a CRM for local businesses. · onelocal.com | still up |
| 2014-06-01 | YCHive Marketing automation for event promoters (email, sms, ads, CRM) · hive.co | still up |
| 2021-11-07 | wobaka.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCBIK Agentic AI CRM for ecommerce · bik.ai | still up |
| 2022-03-28 | nat.app | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCSpott AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting firms · spott.io | still up |
| 2022-06-08 | firstx.ai | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | YCStreak Streak transforms Gmail into a powerful CRM · streak.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | Real-time and two-way sync between CRMs and Databases · stacksync.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCOlaClick Restaurant Solution (E-commerce via WhatsApp + POS + CRM/Marketing) · olaclick.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCLaylo The CRM powering iconic musicians and events · laylo.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCCirca Event marketing CRM · circa.co | still up |
| 2023-07-24 | app.fishpulse.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | Canopy Labs automates customer analytics for small and medium-sized… · canopylabs.com | gone |
| 2016-01-01 | YCElucify Elucify is an API that plugs into your CRM which automatically cleans… · getelucify.com | gone |
| 2023-06-01 | YCTwenty Open Source CRM · twenty.com | still up |
| 2021-10-31 | notioncrms.com | gone |
| 2023-10-10 | useadminai.com | gone |
| 2022-06-01 | YCRelate All-in-One Sales and Marketing CRM for B2B teams · relate.so | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | #1 Data platform for restaurants. Acquired by Thanx · zerostorefront.com | acquired |
| 2019-06-01 | YCDex Dex is a personal CRM that reminds you to keep in touch with the… · getdex.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCStardex AI native ATS + CRM for executive search firms · stardex.com | still up |
| 2025-09-01 | YCitem The AI-Native CRM that works for you · item.app | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCCrew Next Gen ATS/CRM for Modern Recruitment Agencies · crew.work | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCXkit Universal CRM integration for B2B SaaS apps · xkit.co | gone |
| 2024-06-01 | Workspace for your AI Agents, Build any Workflow. · dench.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCVessel Developer-first, native integration platform for GTM tools · vessel.dev | gone |
| 2026-01-01 | YCFixture An AI-first CRM built for Startups · fixture.app | still up |
| 2022-01-10 | skhokho.io | unverified |
| 2021-06-01 | YCMaroo CRM for creatives (acquired by Helium Ventures) · maroo.us | acquired |
| 2025-01-01 | YCVantel AI Platform for Commercial Insurance Brokerages · vantel.com | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | YCPhoneSys The Phone System for Sales Teams. · pingm.net | gone |
| 2024-01-01 | YCDryMerge AI that updates your CRM for you · drymerge.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | Turns your sales calls into CRM data, automatically. · paragon.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCStruct Multi-lingual AI Voice Agents · struct.app | gone |
| 2023-06-01 | CRM Co-Pilot for Medtech Sales · getobento.com | still up |
| 2014-06-01 | Intelligent Lead Sourcing · salessift.com | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | YCBirdie Connect LinkedIn to your CRM to automate and track LinkedIn outreach. · getbirdie.io | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCCedar Execute the best sales playbook in industry · mail.cedarcopilot.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | Give Salesforce the AI upgrade it deserves · crmcopilot.co | gone |
| 2019-06-01 | YCPrompt Helping busy professionals understand and maintain their relationships · getprompt.app | gone |
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.
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.