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
351–400 of 665 dead services
| # | Service | Category | Shut Down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Google Site Search | Search | 2018 |
| 352 | Adobe Slate | Visual | 2018 |
| 353 | Adobe Voice | Video | 2018 |
| 354 | Tizen OS | Mobile | 2018 |
| 355 | Steam Machines | Gaming | 2018 |
| 356 | Go90 | Streaming | 2018 |
| 357 | FilmStruck | Streaming | 2018 |
| 358 | Shots | Social | 2018 |
| 359 | Ello | Social | 2018 |
| 360 | Zomato Base | SaaS | 2018 |
| 361 | Buffer Pablo | Design | 2018 |
| 362 | Google Goggles | AI | 2018 |
| 363 | Google Play Newsstand | News | 2018 |
| 364 | Google Nearby Notifications | Mobile | 2018 |
| 365 | Microsoft Groove Music | Music | 2018 |
| 366 | Azure DevOps (VSTS era) | Development | 2018 |
| 367 | Tumblr NSFW content | Social | 2018 |
| 368 | Desk.com | Support | 2018 |
| 369 | Eloqua (Oracle brand rebuild) | Marketing | 2018 |
| 370 | Taleo (standalone) | HR | 2018 |
| 371 | LevelUp | Fintech | 2018 |
| 372 | Fancy (e-commerce) | E-commerce | 2018 |
| 373 | Shyp | Logistics | 2018 |
| 374 | Parking Panda | Transportation | 2018 |
| 375 | Instapaper (paid) | Content | 2018 |
| 376 | Revision3 | Video | 2018 |
| 377 | Defy Media | Video | 2018 |
| 378 | Flipboard Video | Video | 2018 |
| 379 | Bloomboard | EdTech | 2018 |
| 380 | Cisco Spark | Collaboration | 2018 |
| 381 | Gnip (standalone) | Data | 2018 |
| 382 | DataSift | Data | 2018 |
| 383 | Badgeville | Gamification | 2018 |
| 384 | Rocket Fuel (brand) | AdTech | 2018 |
| 385 | IBM Bluemix (brand) | Cloud | 2018 |
| 386 | Apigee (standalone brand) | Development | 2018 |
| 387 | Koding.com (free cloud) | Development | 2018 |
| 388 | Codenvy | Development | 2018 |
| 389 | BigML free unlimited | AI/ML | 2018 |
| 390 | Datahug | Sales | 2018 |
| 391 | Wikispaces | Education | 2018 |
| 392 | Adobe Muse | Web | 2018 |
| 393 | Weebly free SSL (old) | Web | 2018 |
| 394 | Theranos (app/product) | Healthcare | 2018 |
| 395 | Bodega (startup) | Retail | 2018 |
| 396 | After School app | Social | 2018 |
| 397 | tbh (teens) | Social | 2018 |
| 398 | Sarahah | Social | 2018 |
| 399 | Parse | Backend | 2017 |
| 400 | Fabric | Analytics | 2017 |
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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.