Which AI startups shut down or were acquired in 2024?
In 2024, 26 AI products in FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026) shut down or were acquired: 20 were acquired (1 by merger) and 6 shut down. NVIDIA bought the most: 2 (OctoAI and Run:ai). Every entry links to a published source.
Every AI product that shut down or was acquired in 2024
A to Z. Open a name for its FalcoScan record, or a source to read it there.
| Product | What happened | Market | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affinity | Acquired by Canva | Design | macrumors.com |
| ATLAS.ti | Acquired by Lumivero | Research | atlasti.com |
| Bench | Acquired by Employer.com | Finance | techcrunch.com |
| Clipdrop | Acquired by Jasper | Avatars | clipdrop.co |
| Coda | Acquired by Grammarly | Productivity | grammarly.com |
| Coqui | Shut down | Voice | x.com |
| Drift | Acquired by Salesloft | Marketing | salesloft.com |
| Elai | Acquired by Panopto | Video | panopto.com |
| Elevar | Acquired by Buxton | Ecommerce | globenewswire.com |
| Evisort | Acquired by Workday | Legal | artificiallawyer.com |
| Fable | Shut down | Design | schoolofmotion.com |
| Intellimize | Acquired by Webflow | Marketing | techcrunch.com |
| InVision | Shut down | Design | fastcompany.com |
| Kakao Brain | Acquired by Kakao | AI Models | kakaocorp.com |
| Koo | Shut down | Social | techcrunch.com |
| Lemon Squeezy | Acquired by Stripe | Finance | lemonsqueezy.com |
| LogRhythm | Merged with Exabeam | Security | exabeam.com |
| Magnific | Acquired by Freepik | Image | thenextweb.com |
| Narrato | Acquired by Typeface | Marketing | techcrunch.com |
| OctoAI | Acquired by NVIDIA | AI Models | forbes.com |
| Reclaim.ai | Acquired by Dropbox | Automation | reclaim.ai |
| Robocorp | Acquired by Sema4.ai | Automation | siliconangle.com |
| Run:ai | Acquired by NVIDIA | AI Models | blogs.nvidia.com |
| Smartmockups | Shut down (bought by Canva in 2021) | Design | canva.com |
| Talkwalker | Acquired by Hootsuite | Marketing | tech.eu |
| Toplyne | Shut down | Sales | inc42.com |
Questions and answers
How many AI startups shut down or were acquired in 2024?
26 AI products in FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026) shut down or were acquired in 2024: 20 were acquired (1 by merger) and 6 shut down.
Which AI startups shut down in 2024?
According to FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), 6 AI products shut down in 2024: Coqui, Fable, InVision, Koo, Smartmockups (bought by Canva in 2021) and Toplyne.
Which AI startups were acquired in 2024, and by whom?
According to FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), 20 AI products were acquired in 2024: Affinity (by Canva), ATLAS.ti (by Lumivero), Bench (by Employer.com), Clipdrop (by Jasper), Coda (by Grammarly), Drift (by Salesloft), Elai (by Panopto), Elevar (by Buxton), Evisort (by Workday), Intellimize (by Webflow), Kakao Brain (by Kakao), Lemon Squeezy (by Stripe), LogRhythm (merged with Exabeam), Magnific (by Freepik), Narrato (by Typeface), OctoAI (by NVIDIA), Reclaim.ai (by Dropbox), Robocorp (by Sema4.ai), Run:ai (by NVIDIA) and Talkwalker (by Hootsuite).
Who bought the most AI startups in 2024?
Among the products in FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), NVIDIA bought the most in 2024: 2 (OctoAI and Run:ai).
Other years
Every product in the AI Graveyard Who buys AI startups? How a product is marked shut down or acquired