You asked about Customer Service
126 people built something like it. 21 are gone.
That is 20% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 22 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-01 | YCGo1 A learning platform that enables you to train your staff or customers. · go1.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | YCWeave Customer communication and payments platform. · getweave.com | acquired |
| 2011-06-01 | YCSegment Software and APIs to collect, clean, and control customer data. · segment.com | acquired |
| 2014-06-01 | YCFront Customer communications hub for building strong relationships · front.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | YCPlivo Voice AI Agents for customer engagement, including WhatsApp, SMS &… · plivo.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Contact center AI platform. · observe.ai | still up |
| 2011-01-01 | Customer loyalty and payments platform for small businesses. · fivestars.com | acquired |
| 2016-06-01 | Customer support as a service. · hioperator.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCJusto Helps restaurants take online orders directly from customers · getjusto.com | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | Engage customers through personalized omni-channel messaging · onesignal.com | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | YCSoomgo Local services marketplace that connects providers with new customers · soomgo.com | acquired |
| 2019-06-01 | Customer data collection, safeguarding, & activation for healthcare · freshpaint.io | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCPylon The Agentic Support Platform purpose-built for B2B. · usepylon.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCWorkRamp The All-in-One Learning Platform · workramp.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | The phone that gives families peace of mind about aging parents · communityphone.org | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | We help Accountants automate work and serve their customers online · contalink.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCAmenli Offers insurance to customers in a convenient & transparent way · amenli.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCSafeBase Trust Center platform that scales customer security reviews · safebase.io | acquired |
| 2019-06-01 | YCLineLeap LineLeap gets customers to the fun, faster. · lineleap.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCJuziBot Intercom for WeChat, help companies to acquire, engage, retain… · juzibot.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | AI-powered customer service for startups · cloudhumans.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | AI customer reputation & performance management for restaurant chains. · superorder.com | still up |
| 2009-06-01 | YCOlark Olark gives you an AI agent that works your marketing funnel 24/7 · olark.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCYuma AI The AI Support Agent for Ecommerce · yuma.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCClueso Create beautiful videos & docs for any product or process in minutes · clueso.io | still up |
| 2025-06-01 | YCFlai We Bring Customers to Your Dealership · useflai.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCOpen Enterprise AI customer support · open.cx | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCToma AI for Underserved Industries · toma.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCThematic Customer intelligence for Enterprise CX teams. The grounded… · getthematic.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | Next Caller creates a positive customer experience through real-time… · nextcaller.com | acquired |
| 2023-06-01 | YCElyos AI AI Customer Service Agents for trades and field services · elyos.ai | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCMutiny Your AI agent for creating anything customer-facing, in minutes. · mutinyhq.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCInkeep Build AI Agent teammates and automations in code or no-code · inkeep.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCAtlas Modern customer support platform replacement for Intercom and Zendesk · atlas.so | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCConduit AI Agents for Hospitality · conduit.ai | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | Outbound AI Agents for Education, Insurance, and Travel · outrival.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCIntryc Intryc uses AI to automate quality assurance for customer support · intryc.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCCalltree Enterprise-grade AI support reps for call centers · calltree.ai | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YChotglue Native user-facing SaaS integrations for your customers · hotglue.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCChatwoot The modern, open source, self-hosted AI customer support platform · chatwoot.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCJoe We let customers "Buy Now Pay Later" on any store in Europe. · joe-app.com | acquired |
| 2022-06-01 | YCTypewise Customer service AI that resolves requests end-to-end. · typewise.app | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | Canopy Labs automates customer analytics for small and medium-sized… · canopylabs.com | gone |
| 2017-01-01 | Bicycle AI provides customer support as a service. We work on top of… · bicycleai.com | gone |
| 2024-06-01 | YCParahelp Build an AI support agent that securely uses all your tools · parahelp.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCTechmate A technology concierge for your home. We provide on-demand support… · techmate.com | acquired |
| 2012-06-01 | YCNatero Data-driven customer success platform for B2B SaaS. · natero.com | acquired |
| 2022-06-01 | Uncover high-fit leads already silently engaging with your brand · customeros.ai | gone |
| 2017-01-01 | YCVoiceops We help B2C companies learn from every customer interaction · voiceops.com | still up |
| 2024-09-01 | YCOrigami Get your perfect customers with one prompt · origami.chat | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCPrequel Helping B2B co's sync data to their customers · prequel.co | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | AI-assisted CX tool built with your knowledge. · zoltarlabs.com | gone |
| 2020-06-01 | YCBrevy Empower your customer service team through AI & automation. · brevy.com | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | Customer Engagement software on top of BigQuery/Snowflake · castled.io | gone |
| 2023-01-01 | YCBerry Scale customer success and onboarding with AI · berryai.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCUnthread Automate support ops natively in Slack · unthread.io | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | AI support agent for your business that actually works · percept.ai | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCFlowEQ No-code workflow tool · floweq.com | still up |
| 2025-09-01 | YCProx AI product specialists for equipment manufacturers · useprox.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCRoxels Founder-level assistance whenever customers need it, at scale · roxels.ai | still up |
How this compares
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.