The Graveyard
They promised forever. They shut down anyway.
665 dead services. 2B+ affected users. $30B+ burned. Your infrastructure shouldn't depend on VC funding.
665
Dead Services
2B+
Users Lost
$30B+
Funding Burned
284
Killed by Big Tech
Causes of Death
Killed via Acquisition Bought, integrated, shut down.
11% (70)
Ran Out of Money VC pulled out. Startup dead.
6% (43)
Killed by Big Tech Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Twitter …
43% (284)
276 of 665 dead services died after 2020 ↑ the pace is accelerating
101–150 of 665 dead services
| # | Service | Category | Shut Down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Glip | Collaboration | 2022 |
| 102 | Intercom Articles (old) | Support | 2022 |
| 103 | ProdPad old | Product | 2022 |
| 104 | Heroku Free Tier | Development | 2022 |
| 105 | PagerDuty Rundeck (old) | DevOps | 2022 |
| 106 | Pardot (brand) | Marketing | 2022 |
| 107 | Peoplefluent (brand shift) | HR | 2022 |
| 108 | Lever Nurture (standalone) | Recruiting | 2022 |
| 109 | Jobvite Hire (separate brand) | Recruiting | 2022 |
| 110 | Carbonite Safe (old brand) | Backup | 2022 |
| 111 | Facebook Pay (rebranded) | Fintech | 2022 |
| 112 | Oscar Health small business | Health | 2022 |
| 113 | Medium Partner Program (paywall-only era) | Publishing | 2022 |
| 114 | Academica (Edmodo rebrand) | EdTech | 2022 |
| 115 | Edmodo | EdTech | 2022 |
| 116 | Schoology (pre-PowerSchool era) | EdTech | 2022 |
| 117 | WhatsApp for Web old (no phone) | Messaging | 2022 |
| 118 | Slack Free unlimited history | Collaboration | 2022 |
| 119 | Zoom Free 40-min rule (COVID era perm) | Video Call | 2022 |
| 120 | Snapchat Spectacles v1-v3 | Hardware | 2022 |
| 121 | Clubhouse (peak era) | Audio | 2022 |
| 122 | Rec Room Enterprise | VR | 2022 |
| 123 | Coinbase Commerce old API | Fintech | 2022 |
| 124 | Solana Serum DEX | Crypto | 2022 |
| 125 | Terra/Luna (LUNC) | Crypto | 2022 |
| 126 | FTX Exchange | Fintech | 2022 |
| 127 | Celsius Network | Fintech | 2022 |
| 128 | Voyager Digital | Fintech | 2022 |
| 129 | BlockFi | Fintech | 2022 |
| 130 | Axie Infinity (peak) | Gaming/NFT | 2022 |
| 131 | StepN (peak) | Crypto | 2022 |
| 132 | Acquisio | AdTech | 2022 |
| 133 | Cloud Foundry Pivotal (brand) | Development | 2022 |
| 134 | CodeAnywhere old | Development | 2022 |
| 135 | Algorithmia standalone | AI/ML | 2022 |
| 136 | Weights & Biases old | AI/ML | 2022 |
| 137 | Adalo free tier (old) | Development | 2022 |
| 138 | Airtable free unlimited rows (old) | Productivity | 2022 |
| 139 | Coda free old limits | Productivity | 2022 |
| 140 | Canva Pro trial unlimited (old) | Design | 2022 |
| 141 | Yesware old brand | Sales | 2022 |
| 142 | Clari Discover old | Sales | 2022 |
| 143 | Chorus.ai (standalone brand) | Sales | 2022 |
| 144 | SalesLoft Cadence old | Sales | 2022 |
| 145 | Jimdo Dolphin (old) | Web | 2022 |
| 146 | Bitsbox (coding subscription) | Education | 2022 |
| 147 | Vero (surge-then-decline) | Social | 2022 |
| 148 | Mastodon.social free unlimited (old) | Social | 2022 |
| 149 | Caffeine.tv (wide launch) | Streaming | 2022 |
| 150 | Byte (app) | Video | 2022 |
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This list is incomplete and will never be finished. New services die every month.
Last updated February 2026. Data from public sources.