The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it.
TechCrunch: The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it. TechCrunch’s running list of failed AI products, startups, and missteps—often dubbed "The AI Graveyard"—highlights a wide array of casualties, ranging from standalone startups that went under to high-profile feature rollbacks and delayed promises by tech giants (like OpenAI, Apple, and Microsoft). Looking across the broader patterns of these failures, here are the top 5 reasons why these AI projects and startups didn’t make it: 1. The "Feature, Not a Product" Trap (Absorbed by Giants) Many independent startups discovered too late that their standalone product was actually just a feature waiting to be built natively into a major platform. * Examples: Automation tools like Relay were quickly outpaced when giants like OpenAI and Google built native automation and agent workflows straight into their dominant tools. Similarly, audio/podcast apps like Huxe found themselves compet...