AI Tool Graveyard
AI tools die fast — shutdowns, acqui-hires, silent pivots, total abandonment. We log them here so you know what happened to your data and who to switch to.
Currently 5 entries. Open a PR with sources to add a tool we missed: repo.
Character.ai Ultra (free tier of advanced models)
Character.aiPivoted awayFree access to advanced character models was removed after Google licensing deal; Character.ai pivoted to consumer entertainment focus, gating advanced features behind c.ai+ subscription.
Stable Diffusion XL Turbo (hosted)
Stability AIShutdownStability shut down its hosted SDXL Turbo API following CEO departure and funding crisis; weights remained open but no managed inference path.
Adept ACT-1 Agents
AdeptAcqui-hiredAdept's leadership and core engineering team licensed to Amazon for ~$400M; the consumer ACT-1 agent product was discontinued. Foundational employees moved to AWS.
Inflection Pi
Inflection AIAcqui-hiredInflection co-founders moved to Microsoft AI; Pi consumer product effectively wound down. Users redirected to Copilot. Inflection licensed its model rights to Microsoft for ~$650M.
Bard (Google)
GoogleRebrandedGoogle Bard rebranded to Gemini on February 8, 2024, alongside the launch of Gemini Advanced ($20/mo). The Bard URL redirects but the product effectively continues under the new name and a different pricing model.
Where users went: gemini