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Every AI startup that shut down in 2026, with what they built, funding raised and when they closed
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| Company | What they built | Funding raised (USD millions) | Date closed | Source | HQ city |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alle | AI fashion stylist app: a conversational chatbot acting as a personal 'AI stylist', helping users discover outfit ideas and explore fashion from over 1,000 brands curated on one platform | 3 | 2026-01-12 | https://inc42.com/buzz/elevation-capital-backed-ai-startup-alle-shuts-shop/ | Bengaluru |
| Juleo | Subscription-led online matchmaking platform built around an AI-powered matchmaker called 'Genie' that shortlisted compatible profiles and coordinated in-person meetings; also ran offline community meetups and events for singles | 2.5 | 2026-02-03 | https://inc42.com/buzz/matchmaking-startup-juleo-shuts-down-due-to-capital-crunch/ | Bengaluru |
| Cartwheel Robotics | Yogi, a compact bipedal home humanoid robot with toddler-like proportions (large head, rounded features), designed as a friendly companion for homes and retail environments | 3 | 2026-02-05 | https://mikekalil.com/blog/cartwheel-robotics-shuts-down/ | Fallon |
| Botkeeper | AI bookkeeping and accounting platform ('Infinite') for accounting firms — AI transaction categorisation and account reconciliation; near-launch voice assistant 'Cassie' | 90 | 2026-02-07 | https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2026/02/25/botkeeper-announces-closure-after-11-years/ | Boston |
| Kintsugi | AI voice biomarker technology that detects signs of depression and anxiety from short clips of free-form speech (Kintsugi Voice) | 30 | 2026-02-10 | https://www.kintsugihealth.com/blog/open-source | San Francisco |
| Monarch Tractor | AI-enabled electric autonomous tractors for farming | 220 | 2026-04-02 | https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/monarch-ai-tractor-failure-22183476.php | Livermore |
| NeuroPixel.AI | GenAI solutions for the fashion ecommerce sector, including AI-enabled fashion cataloguing, photorealistic synthetic model generation and virtual try-ons for fashion retailers | 1.28 | 2026-04-02 | https://indianstartupnews.com/news/indian-ai-startup-neuropixelai-shuts-down-amid-pressure-from-big-tech-11449744 | Bengaluru |
| Tezi | Max, an autonomous AI recruiting agent that ran the end-to-end hiring workflow (sourcing, screening, scheduling, reporting) in Slack and on the web, on top of a native ATS | 9 | 2026-04-12 | https://www.hiretruffle.com/blog/tezi-ai-shutting-down | Menlo Park |
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