AI Graveyard: 100 Shutdown & Acquired AI Tools Tracked – 88 in 2026 Alone

ToolDirectory.ai maintains an AI Graveyard cataloging 100 AI tools that have shut down or been acquired. As of the latest update, 88 of these deaths occurred in 2026 alone — 16 shut down, 38 acquired, and 34 domains lapsed. The page is updated through editorial review, and submissions are accepted via [email protected].
Breakdown by Status
- Shut down: 16 tools — sites no longer reachable
- Acquired: 38 tools — folded into parent products like Salesforce, Koast, Logically, Minded
- Domain lapsed: 34 tools — DNS no longer resolves
Category Distribution
Tools span multiple categories including: Developer Tools, Customer Support, AI Art & Image Creation, Marketing & SEO, Sales & RevOps, AI Content Writing, AI Infrastructure, BI & Analytics, Business Process Automation, Legal Assistant, Security & Governance, Video Creation, Social Media Management, E-Commerce, Science & Research, AI/ML Models, Finance & Trading, Real Estate, AI Agents, Productivity, Healthcare, Music Creation, Fitness & Lifestyle, Gaming & 3D Modeling.
Notable May 2026 Entries (Partial List)
- Bit.ai — Document collaboration platform. Domain lapsed May 2026.
- Letterdrop AI — Marketing content research & repurposing. Shut down.
- Senseforth.ai — Conversational AI for customer engagement. Domain lapsed.
- Acobot — AI-driven e-commerce sales chat. Domain lapsed.
- AdCopy.ai — Ad creative generation. Acquired by Koast; redirects to koast.ai.
- Afforai — Document comprehension & writing. Acquired by Logically; redirects to logically.app.
- AgentsForce — AI for insurance agent workflows. Acquired by Minded; redirects to minded.com.
- AiBud WP — WordPress AI content & image plugin. Shut down.
- Airfront — Email & workflow automation. Domain lapsed.
- Airkit.ai — Code-free AI agents for commerce. Acquired by Salesforce; redirects to salesforce.com.
- Alpaca — Photoshop AI art plugin. Shut down.
- Anterior — Healthcare admin & clinical workflows. Domain lapsed.
- Apex — AI security & visibility. Domain lapsed.
- Arches AI — Custom chatbots & model training. Domain lapsed.
- Artificial Printer — AI-designed t-shirt delivery. Shut down.
- Artsi — AI artwork marketplace. Domain lapsed.
- Atla — AI evaluation & safety. Domain lapsed.
- Automata — Content repurposing & distribution. Domain lapsed.
- Avanzai — Natural language to Python for financial data analysis. Shut down.
- Balloonary — Geospatial AI platform. Domain lapsed (incomplete entry).
The graveyard is maintained as part of ToolDirectory.ai's editorial review — every entry was a real product listed on the directory before going offline. The page currently lists 100 entries, but the count is expected to grow.
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