Technology
A look at the AI startups, projects, and products that failed to survive
From bankrupt startups like Character.ai to abandoned features by tech giants, a growing number of artificial intelligence initiatives are being shut down or heavily scaled back.
According to industry data, a significant percentage of artificial intelligence initiatives are ultimately abandoned by their corporate parents due to insufficient funding, technical challenges, competition, or weak user demand. Prominent examples include the bankruptcy filing of chatbot platform Character.ai and the shutdown of privacy-focused AI assistant Ollie. Even major players face setbacks, such as OpenAI discontinuing its standalone web browser Atlas and video-sharing platform Sora. Similarly, Apple faced repeated delays and a settlement over its marketing of the new AI-powered Siri features. These closures and pivots highlight the difficulties of sustaining AI products in a competitive market. They serve as a record of the hurdles developers face rather than just a list of failures.
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