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213 people built something like it. 37 are gone.
That is 20% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 27 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 | Apollo is the foundation of your entire go-to-market strategy. · apollo.io | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Harnesses business activity to unlock growth. · people.ai | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | Contact center AI platform. · observe.ai | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | Close deals faster. Digitally. · getaccept.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCPlatzi Turning company knowledge into expert teams · platzi.com | still up |
| 2011-01-01 | YCClose CRM and sales automation tools for startups and SMBs · close.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCConvex Software for the commercial services industry. · convex.com | acquired |
| 2023-01-01 | YCNumeral The AI-native sales tax solution. · numeral.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCWorkRamp The All-in-One Learning Platform · workramp.com | acquired |
| 2014-06-01 | YCUserGems The AI Command Center for outbound and ABM · usergems.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCHubla All-in-one platform for creators to sell courses and subscriptions · hub.la | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCAvoca AI-powered Sales Agent for Service-Based Industries · avoca.ai | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCHatch The AI CSR Platform · usehatch.ai | acquired |
| 2023-06-01 | End-to-end content, learning, & deal intelligence for B2B sales teams · letter.ai | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | The operating system for inbound B2B revenue · hockeystack.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | YCWarmly, [Acquired by HubSpot in 2026] Autonomous sales platform to auto-email… · warmly.ai | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | Global online sales platform · cartpanda.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCDatlo Datlo helps companies increase sales and expand through data · datlo.com | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | YCAmbition Coaching and gamification software for sales teams. · ambition.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCVendoo We help online sellers manage a sales business on multiple platforms. · vendoo.co | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Automated ERP for distributors. · recurrency.com | still up |
| 2023-01-01 | YCSuger Salesforce for Cloud marketplaces on AWS, Azure, GCP · suger.io | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | LeadGenius is an account-based marketing and lead generation… · leadgenius.com | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | YCSendblue iMessage for Sales · sendblue.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCArtisan The GTM orchestration platform. Ava, Aaron and Aria replace your stack · artisan.co | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCZuma We help businesses convert leads into sales in minutes using text · getzuma.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | The only end-to-end crowdfunding platform built for today’s creators · backerkit.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Marketing automation platform for selling to local businesses. · re2.ai | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCRoofr Sales software for roofers. Aerial measurements + proposals in seconds · roofr.com | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | YCStreak Streak transforms Gmail into a powerful CRM · streak.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCFINNY AI The organic growth engine for financial advisors · finny.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCNavattic Interactive product demos · navattic.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCCoast Demo Platform for API-First Companies · trycoast.com | still up |
| 2011-06-01 | YCMixRank Data products for sales, marketing, finance, recruiting, and more. · mixrank.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCGoodkind Student communications platform for higher education · goodkind.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | AI Native Sales Outreach Platform · rocketsdr.ai | still up |
| 2024-09-01 | Real-time B2B data via simple APIs · crustdata.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | YCZentail We're making ecommerce simple connecting brands with sales channels · zentail.com | still up |
| 2023-06-01 | Revenue Activation Platform · hyperbound.ai | still up |
| 2009-06-01 | YCOlark Olark gives you an AI agent that works your marketing funnel 24/7 · olark.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCDemodesk AI-powered sales coaching · demodesk.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Saleswhale is an automated sales assistant that follows up with your… · saleswhale.com | acquired |
| 2022-06-01 | YCTruva Sell more. Grind less with AI agents. · truva.ai | acquired |
| 2020-01-01 | YCHent Hent is helping land lot developers to better manage their sales… · hent.com.br | acquired |
| 2016-06-01 | YCCirca Event marketing CRM · circa.co | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | One-click checkout and AI sales assistant for LatAm. · comprarapida.co | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | Next Caller creates a positive customer experience through real-time… · nextcaller.com | acquired |
| 2023-01-01 | YCFloworks Hire the best AI Sales employees | AI SDR | AI RevOps | AI EA · floworks.ai | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCAccord The Revenue Excellence Platform · inaccord.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCMercura AI Quote and Order Automation for Distributors & Manufacturers · mercura.ai | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCMutiny Your AI agent for creating anything customer-facing, in minutes. · mutinyhq.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCValienta Helping Dropshippers in Colombia run the business and increase sales · valienta.com | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | No-code scoring engine identifying your most engaged upsell opps · breadcrumbs.io | acquired |
| 2020-01-01 | YCPrelay Team Selling Platform · prelay.com | gone |
| 2017-01-01 | YCScribe Scribe is an AI based Sales Development Representative that you can… · tryscribe.com | acquired |
| 2023-06-01 | AI Agents For RFP and Questionnaire Response Automation · inventive.ai | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | AI powered operating system for distributors and OEMs · salespatriot.com | still up |
| 2024-01-01 | YCConduit AI Agents for Hospitality · conduit.ai | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | Digital Sales Rooms (Acquired by MindTickle) · enableus.com | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | Manage sales commissions and sales performance · palettehq.com | 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.
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.