Which AI startups shut down or were acquired in 2025?

In 2025, 37 AI products in FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026) shut down or were acquired: 23 were acquired (3 by merger) and 14 shut down, the most of any year in the graveyard. NVIDIA bought the most: 2 (Gretel and Lepton AI). Every entry links to a published source.

Every AI product that shut down or was acquired in 2025

A to Z. Open a name for its FalcoScan record, or a source to read it there.

ProductWhat happenedMarketSource
AdCreative.aiAcquired by AppierMarketingappier.com
BeekeeperMerged with LumAppsHuman Resourceslumapps.com
CampsiteShut downWritingcampsite.com
CensusAcquired by FivetranDatatechtarget.com
ClariMerged with SalesloftSalessalesloft.com
Class CompanionAcquired by Panorama EducationLearningpanoramaed.com
ControlFlowShut downAgentsgithub.com
Copy.aiAcquired by FullcastWritingprnewswire.com
CybereasonAcquired by LevelBlueSecuritylevelblue.com
EspressiveAcquired by ResolveSupportprweb.com
GretelAcquired by NVIDIADatatechcrunch.com
GrowthBarAcquired by SEOptimerWritingseoptimer.com
HitFilmShut down (bought by Artlist)Videocgchannel.com
KoalaShut down (bought by Cursor)Datagetkoala.com
Lepton AIAcquired by NVIDIAAI Modelstheinformation.com
MentatShut downAgentsgithub.com
MentionAcquired by AgorapulseSocialagorapulse.com
Meta SparkShut down3D & AR/VRspark.meta.com
ModyfiAcquired by FigmaDesigninvestor.figma.com
MosaicAcquired by HiBobFinancehibob.com
Narrative BIShut downMarketingcube.dev
Nova A.I.Shut downVideofind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
OpenAI OperatorShut downAgentstechcrunch.com
Plandex CloudShut downCodinggithub.com
PlayHTAcquired by MetaVoicetechcrunch.com
Protect AIAcquired by Palo Alto NetworksSecuritypaloaltonetworks.com
QatalogAcquired by ClickUpProductivityclickup.com
Refuel.aiAcquired by Together AIAgentsrefuel.ai
Replica StudiosShut downGamingmultilingual.com
RewindShut down (bought by Meta)Voice9to5mac.com
SalesloftMerged with ClariSalessalesloft.com
Spotter StudioShut downVideotubefilter.com
SurferAcquired by PositiveSearch & SEOpositivegroup.com
TectonAcquired by DatabricksDatapymnts.com
TomeShut downWritingventurebeat.com
VerbioAcquired by CapacityVoicesmartcustomerservice.com
VimeoAcquired by Bending SpoonsVideosec.gov

Questions and answers

How many AI startups shut down or were acquired in 2025?

37 AI products in FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026) shut down or were acquired in 2025: 23 were acquired (3 by merger) and 14 shut down, the most of any year in the graveyard.

Which AI startups shut down in 2025?

According to FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), 14 AI products shut down in 2025: Campsite, ControlFlow, HitFilm (bought by Artlist), Koala (bought by Cursor), Mentat, Meta Spark, Narrative BI, Nova A.I., OpenAI Operator, Plandex Cloud, Replica Studios, Rewind (bought by Meta), Spotter Studio and Tome.

Which AI startups were acquired in 2025, and by whom?

According to FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), 23 AI products were acquired in 2025: AdCreative.ai (by Appier), Beekeeper (merged with LumApps), Census (by Fivetran), Clari (merged with Salesloft), Class Companion (by Panorama Education), Copy.ai (by Fullcast), Cybereason (by LevelBlue), Espressive (by Resolve), Gretel (by NVIDIA), GrowthBar (by SEOptimer), Lepton AI (by NVIDIA), Mention (by Agorapulse), Modyfi (by Figma), Mosaic (by HiBob), PlayHT (by Meta), Protect AI (by Palo Alto Networks), Qatalog (by ClickUp), Refuel.ai (by Together AI), Salesloft (merged with Clari), Surfer (by Positive), Tecton (by Databricks), Verbio (by Capacity) and Vimeo (by Bending Spoons).

Who bought the most AI startups in 2025?

Among the products in FalcoScan's AI Graveyard (data updated 7 October 2026), NVIDIA bought the most in 2025: 2 (Gretel and Lepton AI).

Other years

Every product in the AI Graveyard Who buys AI startups? How a product is marked shut down or acquired