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Recently shutdown, acquired, or abandoned AI tools
Play.ht
🔴Shutdown / DeadAI text-to-speech platform with ultra-realistic voices for podcasts, videos, and audiobooks.
Builder.ai
🔴Shutdown / DeadBuilder.ai was a software-development platform that combined reusable components, automation, and human developers to build mobile and web applications. The company entered insolvency proceedings in 2025 after lender action.
Humane AI Pin
🔴Shutdown / DeadHumane launched the AI Pin in November 2023 with $230M+ in funding and pitches from ex-Apple founders. Reviewers panned battery life, latency, and a laser projector that wilted in sunlight. Sales never materialized, returns outpaced new orders, and in February 2025 HP acquired Humane's IP and team for roughly $116M while bricking existing Pins by month's end. The hardware is now a paperweight; the cloud services that powered it were shut off.
Rockset
🟡Acquired / MergedRockset was a real-time analytics database founded by ex-Facebook engineers behind RocksDB. It raised $100M+ from Sequoia, Greylock, and Icon, targeting low-latency vector and full-text search for production apps. OpenAI announced the acquisition in June 2024 to power retrieval inside its products. Rockset wound down customer service on September 30, 2024 and migrated technology and team into OpenAI's infrastructure org.
Stashpad
🟡Acquired / MergedStashpad was a developer-focused note-taking and productivity app designed for rapid capture, organization, and retrieval of working notes. Its team later announced that Stashpad would shut down after being acquired by ClickUp.
Multi
🟡Acquired / MergedMulti (formerly Remotion) was a Mac video collaboration tool that let small teams co-edit screens with rich AI-assisted features. OpenAI announced the acquihire in June 2024, the entire team joined OpenAI to work on collaboration in ChatGPT, and the Multi product was shut down on July 24, 2024. The site now redirects to OpenAI.
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