TechCrunch has created an “AI graveyard” – a running list of AI projects and startups that didn’t make it. There are more than you might think.
Their article (The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it, written by Lauren Forristal and available here), discusses several AI projects that didn’t make it, including:
- Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down entirely in August. The product let users automate email and task workflows using AI agents, but as OpenAI, Google, and other larger platforms built similar automation directly into their own tools, five-year-old Relay struggled to hold on to a reason to exist as a stand-alone product.
- More recently, chatbot platform Character.ai filed for bankruptcy just five years after launching.
- Even OpenAI tried to turn ChatGPT into a broader “super app.” On July 9, OpenAI updated the app to combine several experiences, including separate “Chat,” “Codex,” and “Work” modes, while renaming the traditional, familiar version “ChatGPT Classic.” The redesign quickly drew criticism from users who found the new interface confusing and cluttered, and OpenAI rolled back the change soon after, bringing the familiar ChatGPT interface back.
Apple and Microsoft were not immune either, with their own missteps: Siri AI and Recall respectively.
The “AI graveyard” doesn’t have many lots filled yet, but it’s early – even with Halloween just five days away! 😉
So, what do you think? What will be the next app to mourn in the “AI graveyard”? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
Image created using ChatGPT, using the term “two robots at a graveside mourning the passing of another robot”.
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