You asked about Generative AI
2,574 people built something like it. 296 are gone.
That is 12% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 204 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-01 | YCLeena AI We at Leena AI build a virtual assistant that answers employee's… · leena.ai | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCLegora The AI workspace for lawyers · legora.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCHumand All-in-one app for internal communication and HR · humand.co | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Jasper is a leader in creating content using Artificial Intelligence · jasper.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | AI to engage employees, predict attrition and automate HR/IT support · infeedo.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCPibit.ai The fastest path from submission to better decisions. · pibit.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Power commerce photography with generative AI · photoroom.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCTavus Building the human layer of AI · tavus.io | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCJuicebox AI-powered talent sourcing for recruiters · juicebox.ai | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCGovDash AI platform to win and run government contracts · govdash.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Contract and negotiation AI built for lawyers · draftwise.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCLanded Generative AI for frontline worker hiring · gotlanded.com | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | YCVetRec AI Scribe for veterinarians. Saving time and improving patient care. · vetrec.io | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Orangewood Labs makes worlds most affordable and easiest AI robot arms · orangewood.co | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCSalient AI Servicing for Auto Lenders · trysalient.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Track & Boost Your Brand’s Visibility in AI Search · writesonic.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCLanceDB Open-source, serverless vectordb for production-scale generative AI · lancedb.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCPlayAI Our mission is to make Voice AI accessible and useful to all. · play.ai | acquired |
| 2018-01-01 | Making Anime Real · spellbrush.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Virtualizing brick-mortar infrastructures of clinics w/ generative AI · ankr.us | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | AI Operating System for Private Market Investors · vectorshift.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCTruewind AI-Powered Accounting · truewind.ai | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | YCMixerBox AI Super-Apps to Live Easier | The anything anytime superapps… · mixerbox.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | DreamWorld is a next-gen Minecraft with generative AI building · playdreamworld.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Generative AI powered Shopify for home service professionals · toplinepro.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCD-ID Enable creators and developers to generate realistic AI personas · d-id.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | The most magical personal Voice-Led AI English Learning Buddy for Kids · sparkstudio.co | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCClueso Create beautiful videos & docs for any product or process in minutes · clueso.io | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | The fastest way to ship airtight AI · openlayer.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCDatrics Generative AI Healthcare Coding Automation · datrics.ai | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | YCkapa.ai The fastest way to build AI assistants on technical content · kapa.ai | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCOpen Enterprise AI customer support · open.cx | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCLemonBox AI-generated personalized nutrition solutions, built for you daily. · lemonbox.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCFloworks Hire the best AI Sales employees | AI SDR | AI RevOps | AI EA · floworks.ai | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCHenry Automating Deal Decks for Commercial Real Estate Brokers · henry.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCVector Advertising for the new internet · vector.co | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCLangfuse Open source LLM engineering platform · langfuse.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | A.I. to create stunning fashion images for eCommerce. · alluresystems.com | acquired |
| 2024-06-01 | YCSaturn Compliance and back office workflows for Wealth Managers. · saturnos.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCZOKO Better Business on WhatsApp · zoko.io | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | YCFlint Personalized learning built for schools · flintk12.com | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | YCAccend AI agents for commercial underwriting at banks and fintechs · withaccend.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | Social Construct designs and assembles large apartment buildings
… · socialconstructco.com | gone |
| 2024-06-01 | Automate security and privacy reviews · clearly-ai.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCCoLoop AI Copilot for insights & strategy · coloop.ai | still up |
| 2017-01-01 | Automated SEO for Startups · rankscience.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCScispot The Best Data Infrastructure for Biotechs · scispot.io | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCUsul AI Platform for Winning Defense & Government Contracts · usul.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCarnata AI workers for the logistics industry. · arnata.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | Database for AI · activeloop.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | AI-native Operating System for Enterprise Ecommerce Companies · hypotenuse.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCSyncly Social listening for the video era · syncly.app | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Affogato AI — Your Agent for instant TikToks, Reels, and ads. · affogato.ai | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | AI native mobile testing. · mobileboost.io | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | AI Agents For RFP and Questionnaire Response Automation · inventive.ai | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | YCFini Fini | Automate 80% of enterprise support with AI agents · usefini.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCCalltree Enterprise-grade AI support reps for call centers · calltree.ai | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | The Control Plane for Enterprise Agents · credal.ai | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Humanloop is the LLM evals platform for enterprises. · humanloop.com | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | Liability insurance for generative AI and AI Agents · armilla.ai | 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.
Matched on whole words in the title and description, so a launch can fall into two categories and plenty fall into none.
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.