You asked about Smart Home Assistants
263 people built something like it. 78 are gone.
That is 36% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 48 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 | YCEdwin Edwin is virtual English tutor - an AI-powered service for learning… · edwin.ai | acquired |
| 2018-06-01 | Virtual Lab Managers for scientists and biotech, research Labs · happilabs.org | acquired |
| 2014-01-01 | We're making a smart, front door camera with intercom that lets you… · getkuna.com | acquired |
| 2025-09-01 | Humanoid robots that do your chores for the price of an iPhone! · piggyrobotics.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCDoorport Acquired by Alarm.com - We make existing apartment access smart. · doorport.com | acquired |
| 2016-06-01 | YCWhyd We make a beautiful, great sounding, voice-controlled speaker. · whyd.com | gone |
| 2017-01-01 | YCboxouse portable, affordable, beautiful smart homes · boxouse.com | gone |
| 2016-01-01 | YCTovala A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service. · tovala.com | still up |
| 2013-06-01 | YCSenic Simple Controls for Sonos, Philips Hue and other Smart Home products · senic.com | acquired |
| 2018-06-01 | Smartphone-enabled, at-home diagnostics · scanwellhealth.com | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | YCScout The smart testing platform that unlocks digital health at home. · scouthealth.com | still up |
| 2012-01-01 | YCBarSense Kid's first smartphone with web-based parental controls. · kytephone.com | gone |
| 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 |
| 2015-01-01 | YCMagic Extremely talented assistants for busy people · getmagic.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 |
| 2020-01-01 | YCOphelia Medication & support to beat opioid addiction from home · ophelia.com | still up |
| 2012-06-01 | Marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors · smartasset.com | still up |
| 2010-06-01 | YCHomejoy platform for home service professionals · homejoy.com | acquired |
| 2018-01-01 | 3D printing beautiful, high-quality, and sustainable homes. · mightybuildings.com | gone |
| 2018-06-01 | Software platform for in-home healthcare · versemedical.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | YCRemi Simplifying roofing for homeowners, roofers and enterprises. · remihq.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCTempo Live home fitness training powered by computer vision. · tempo.fit | still up |
| 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 |
| 2021-06-01 | YCBaubap Smart micro financing for everyone · baubap.com | still up |
| 2018-01-01 | YCSRTX Powering a better future for textiles. · srtxlabs.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCFeather Furniture rental for consumers and businesses. · livefeather.com | acquired |
| 2017-01-01 | YCSoomgo Local services marketplace that connects providers with new customers · soomgo.com | acquired |
| 2012-01-01 | Car Repairs, Reinvented:a. Mechanic comes to your home or work to fix… · yourmechanic.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | The phone that gives families peace of mind about aging parents · communityphone.org | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | Honeylove makes functional undergarments for women · honeylove.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Smart Cold Chain Fulfillment Platform · freshfactory.id | still up |
| 2013-01-01 | BuildZoom is a better way to remodel. We connect homeowners to the… · buildzoom.com | acquired |
| 2019-01-01 | YCInito Enabling better self care with at-home hormone tracking. · inito.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCJoy The platform for all your life events. · withjoy.com | still up |
| 2015-06-01 | The sleep fitness company. · eightsleep.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 |
| 2019-06-01 | YCUpEquity UpEquity gives homebuyers more certainty and power. · upequity.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | Cityfurnish - Commitment-free furniture rentals for a better you! · cityfurnish.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | AI-native operating system for home service businesses · broccoli.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | We make instant offers to buy homes in India · ivy.homes | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | Home Inspections, Simplified · inspectify.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | The Smart Market for Institutional Investors · onechronos.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCShef Shef is a Marketplace for Homemade Food · shef.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | Home electrification at $0 upfront cost · solarmente.es | gone |
| 2016-01-01 | YCMason Mason is the fastest way to take smart devices from idea to end user · bymason.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Using AI to help dementia patients age at home · craniometrix.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | Home boxing gym with motion trackers that compute punches and reps. · joinfightcamp.com | still up |
| 2020-06-01 | At-Home health monitoring with silicon photonic chips for data centers · siphoxhealth.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | YCBurrow A design brand creating innovative, award winning furniture. · burrow.com | acquired |
| 2014-06-01 | YCFlaviar Try-at-home service for fine spirits · flaviar.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | ZiffyHomes is managed corporate housing for white collar employees in… · ziffyhomes.com | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCLuminate We make cancer care at home possible. · luminatemed.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | Bluesmart makes smart luggage powered by an app to empower people to… · bluesmart.com | acquired |
| 2014-01-01 | Move Loot is the most convenient and economical way to buy and sell… · moveloot.com | gone |
| 2012-01-01 | YCSwiftype Smart search for the modern team. · swiftype.com | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | India's Fastest Growing Home Decor destination for Floor & Wall Decor · materialdepot.in | 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.