# The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn't make it

> **Publication**: aitalky (Independent AI Journalism)
> **Canonical Citation URL**: https://aitalky.vercel.app/news/the-ai-graveyard-a-running-list-of-projects-and-startups-that-didnt-make-it
> **Original Source**: [TechCrunch AI](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/the-ai-graveyard-a-running-list-of-projects-and-startups-that-didnt-make-it/)
> **Author**: Lauren Forristal (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Saturday, October 24, 2026
> **Category**: PRODUCTS
> **Tags**: AI, TechCrunch AI, products

## Executive Summary
From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations



## Full Coverage
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

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