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Dead, ranked, scored. Products that survived their meltdown are in Incidents; products still twitching are on the Watchlist. Neither is ranked here.

Showing 3 of 3 · scores are opinion Our take · money and dates are sourced

  1. Humane AI Pin

    by Humane · died 2025 · 323 days

    The smartphone killer was killed by a smartphone review, then by HP. OUR TAKE

    85/100USD 230m raised E2Hardware Not Ready

  2. Tessa, NEDA's eating-disorder chatbot

    by National Eating Disorders Association (bot built by Cass, formerly X2AI) · died 2023 · 31 days

    Replaced the helpline with a bot. The bot recommended a calorie deficit. OUR TAKE

    56/100Money undisclosedHarmful Outputs

  3. OpenAI Sora app

    by OpenAI · died 2026 · 175 days

    TechCrunch called it the creepiest app on your phone. Six months later OpenAI said goodbye to it. OUR TAKE

    77/100USD 1bn estimate E2Novelty Wore Off