You asked about Home and Personal
414 people built something like it. 123 are gone.
That is 34% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 56 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | YCHogaru Hogaru is a tech-enabled home services platform in Latin America. · hogaru.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | YCLAIKA Online pets supplies for Latin America with over 4000 products & 20… · laika.com.co | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | YCTovala A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service. · tovala.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCMiso We make booking services as easy as buying products online. · miso.kr | still up |
| 2010-01-01 | YCCardpool cardpool.com | acquired |
| 2010-06-01 | YCHomejoy platform for home service professionals · homejoy.com | acquired |
| 2016-06-01 | Platform to grow your barbershop and maximize profitability. · getsquire.com | still up |
| 2014-06-01 | Modern, on-demand lawn care service. Get a quote in two minutes. · lawnlove.com | acquired |
| 2017-01-01 | YCSoomgo Local services marketplace that connects providers with new customers · soomgo.com | acquired |
| 2017-06-01 | YCFeather Furniture rental for consumers and businesses. · livefeather.com | acquired |
| 2022-07-24 | heyhey.to | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | The phone that gives families peace of mind about aging parents · communityphone.org | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | The sleep fitness company. · eightsleep.com | still up |
| 2013-01-01 | BuildZoom is a better way to remodel. We connect homeowners to the… · buildzoom.com | acquired |
| 2016-06-01 | YCJoy The platform for all your life events. · withjoy.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | YCThread Thread makes it incredibly easy to dress well, using stylists and AI · thread.com | gone |
| 2021-01-01 | Aviron transforms workouts with game-based exercise machines, making… · avironactive.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | Cityfurnish - Commitment-free furniture rentals for a better you! · cityfurnish.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCBurrow A design brand creating innovative, award winning furniture. · burrow.com | acquired |
| 2014-01-01 | Move Loot is the most convenient and economical way to buy and sell… · moveloot.com | gone |
| 2016-06-01 | A concierge service for seniors’ rides, meals, meds, home and more. · gogograndparent.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | YCLugg Move anything, anytime, anywhere · lugg.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | The fastest and easiest way to make home upgrades · homebreeze.ai | gone |
| 2019-01-01 | YCAmpUp We make EV charging as simple and reliable as LED lights · ampup.io | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCRoofr Sales software for roofers. Aerial measurements + proposals in seconds · roofr.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCCleanly Laundry & Dry Cleaning delivered. · cleanly.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCGlitzi At-home spa, beauty & grooming services marketplace for LatAm · glitzi.com.mx | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | FLOWER CO. sells weed on the internet. · flowercompany.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Sustainable period care. · flexfits.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | From signup to citizenship, only SimpleCitizen guides applicants… · simplecitizen.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCHomebase Personalized rent-to-own real estate financing using technology in SEA · gethomebase.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCTributi Tax filing automation for individuals in Latam. · tributi.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | YCNebia Nebia is a breakthrough shower system, based on a premium experience,… · nebia.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | YCFoster A better way to write. · foster.co | still up |
| 2011-01-01 | Record your family stories and print them in beautiful keepsake books. · storyworth.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Abundance Labs incubates and builds alternative currency marketplace… · abundancelabs.io | gone |
| 2016-01-01 | YCDeako We make beautiful connected light switches that allow you to control… · deako.com | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | YCAisle50 Grocery deals. · aisle50.com | acquired |
| 2015-06-01 | YCStyleBee marketplace for beauty services delivered at the convenience of… · stylebee.com | gone |
| 2012-06-01 | Interior design marketplace and online retailer · tastemaker.com | gone |
| 2012-06-01 | Cross-store wedding registry. · registrylove.com | gone |
| 2015-01-01 | YCNomiku Wave our food in front of your Nomiku and have dinner for everyone… · nomiku.com | gone |
| 2013-01-01 | YCWevorce Changing divorce for good by making it a way less horrible experience… · wevorce.com | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | YCOpez Yelp for service pros. · opez.com | gone |
| 2012-01-01 | YCShopular Deals, Coupons & Cash Back for your favorite stores. · shopular.com | acquired |
| 2011-06-01 | YCKicksend Send and print photo albums with people you love.
Acquired by Lyft · kicksend.com | gone |
| 2013-06-01 | YCReebee Flyer app. · reebee.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCTechmate A technology concierge for your home. We provide on-demand support… · techmate.com | acquired |
| 2010-01-01 | YCCue cueup.com | acquired |
| 2013-06-01 | Uber for Flowers. · bloomthat.com | acquired |
| 2012-01-01 | YCExec Exec is a house cleaning service that users can book from their… · iamexec.com | acquired |
| 2018-06-01 | YCAvo Online convenience store for residential and office buildings · avonow.com | gone |
| 2015-06-01 | YCWilling The best way to make your legal will. · willing.com | acquired |
| 2014-01-01 | Engineering and Programming for Kids 6-12 with a focus on creativity,… · futureleague.co | gone |
| 2017-01-01 | YCVanGo Uber for Kids · ridevango.com | gone |
| 2020-06-01 | YCDrapr Try on clothing online · drapr.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 | YCSpoken Never overpay online · spoken.io | gone |
| 2009-06-01 | YCListia Mobile marketplace for trading used goods. · listia.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCOki The digital home for your personal memories · okihome.ai | 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.