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1,193 people built something like it. 360 are gone.
That is 36% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 187 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-01 | Household needs, from bread to everything. · breadfast.com | still up |
| 2013-06-01 | YCDoorDash Restaurant delivery. · doordash.com | acquired |
| 2009-01-01 | YCAirbnb Book accommodations around the world. · airbnb.com | acquired |
| 2016-01-01 | YCRappi On-demand delivery and financial services for Latin America. · rappi.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Redcliffe Labs is India's Largest Omni-channel Diagnostics platform · redcliffelabs.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup · instacart.com | acquired |
| 2015-06-01 | YCChaldal chaldal.com | still up |
| 2007-01-01 | YCTwitch A global community creating the future of live entertainment. · twitch.com | acquired |
| 2005-06-01 | YCReddit The frontpage of the internet. · reddit.com | acquired |
| 2011-01-01 | Platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future. · goatgroup.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCTruepill API-connected healthcare infrastructure. · truepill.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCZepto 10-Minute Grocery Delivery in India · zeptonow.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | India's Fastest Diagnostics Service · orangehealth.in | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCSuper Super is the first and leading Indonesian social commerce platform · superapp.id | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | Every shift, Covered. · clipboardworks.com | still up |
| 2014-06-01 | YCClear Fintech SaaS platform for invoices, taxes, wealth management & credit. · clear.in | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | We’re building the world’s bank payment network. · gocardless.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCCalii Full-stack grocery delivery in LatAm · calii.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | YCHogaru Hogaru is a tech-enabled home services platform in Latin America. · hogaru.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCWhatnot Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the U.S. · whatnot.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Subscription sports media. · theathletic.com | acquired |
| 2008-01-01 | Pioneers of mobile social gaming. · mz.com | acquired |
| 2015-01-01 | YCChariot The world's first private mass transit service providing a commuting… · chariot.com | acquired |
| 2019-06-01 | YCLAIKA Online pets supplies for Latin America with over 4000 products & 20… · laika.com.co | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCPapa One-stop-shop for flexible family care · papa.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | Training patients and their families with health skills · noorahealth.org | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCTovala A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service. · tovala.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | YCAirHelp AirHelp helps air passengers get compensation for delayed, cancelled… · airhelp.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Food delivery service in Africa · beudelivery.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCMiso We make booking services as easy as buying products online. · miso.kr | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCNURX Medicine or testing kit, prescribed online and delivered to your door. · nurx.com | acquired |
| 2018-06-01 | YCGrin Mobility and payments platform for Latin America · ongrin.com | acquired |
| 2006-06-01 | YCScribd World's largest online library. · scribd.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCAjaib Consumer fintech for Indonesia · ajaib.co.id | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | Customizable beauty for hair, skin, and body care products. · functionofbeauty.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCYummy The everything app for LATAM · yummysuperapp.com | still up |
| 2010-01-01 | YCCardpool cardpool.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCNourish Telehealth dietitians covered by insurance · nourish.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCDjamo Challenger Bank for consumers in French speaking Africa. · djamo.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Building India's fast food empire · eatnino.com | gone |
| 2020-01-01 | YCOphelia Medication & support to beat opioid addiction from home · ophelia.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | Modern primary care via video and in-person · circlemedical.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCTruebill Live your best financial life · truebill.com | acquired |
| 2012-06-01 | Marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors · smartasset.com | still up |
| 2021-10-21 | arccompute.com | moved |
| 2013-01-01 | IMPORTANT: The original YC founders are no longer involved with this… · teespring.com | acquired |
| 2013-06-01 | YCLe Tote Subscription service for women's apparel & accessories. · letote.com | gone |
| 2010-06-01 | YCHomejoy platform for home service professionals · homejoy.com | acquired |
| 2016-06-01 | YCDrivezy India's largest vehicle sharing platform, turning people's vehicles… · drivezy.com | gone |
| 2012-01-01 | Turn physical objects and environments into 3D models in seconds. · matterport.com | acquired |
| 2020-01-01 | YCYassir Yassir is the leading Super App for French Speaking Africa · yassir.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | Software platform for in-home healthcare · versemedical.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCLezzoo Lezzoo is an on-demand delivery Superapp for Iraq. · lezzoo.com | still up |
| 2022-04-25 | denario.io | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | Scentbird is a luxury fragrance subscription service. · scentbird.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | We are connecting every single Mexican to the financial system. · fondeadora.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCTempo Live home fitness training powered by computer vision. · tempo.fit | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | Pop Meals is a restaurant chain without chefs. All recipes are… · popmeals.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCSRTX Powering a better future for textiles. · srtxlabs.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | YCMBX A global multi-brand beauty and personal care startup. · us.memebox.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.