TechCrunch Tracks AI Projects and Startups That Shut Down or Stumbled
The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it
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TechCrunch’s running list covers AI products, startups, launches, and company initiatives that shut down, pivoted, or missed expectations. It cites S&P Global Market Intelligence’s estimate that about 42% of AI initiatives are eventually abandoned by their corporate parents, and examines examples including Relay, OpenAI products, Apple’s Siri AI, Microsoft Recall, Notion Mail, Humane AI Pin, and Rabbit R1.
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