{
  "id": 20016103,
  "title": "The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/the-ai-graveyard-a-running-list-of-projects-and-startups-that-didnt",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-14T17:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/14/the-ai-graveyard-a-running-list-of-projects-and-startups-that-didnt-make-it/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Many AI projects and startups have failed to succeed, resulting in an \"AI graveyard.\" Character.ai, a chatbot platform, filed for bankruptcy just five years after launching. Privacy-focused AI assistant Ollie announced its shutdown recently. S&P Global Market Intelligence reports that about 42% of AI initiatives are abandoned by their corporate parents. Reasons for failure include insufficient funding, technical challenges, competition, difficulty scaling, or weak user demand.",
  "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Character.ai, a chatbot platform, filed for bankruptcy five years after launch",
    "Privacy-focused AI assistant Ollie recently announced its shutdown",
    "42% of AI initiatives abandoned by corporate parents, according to S&P Global"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}