Dead tools archive
AI tools that shut down, were acquired, pivoted, or rebranded. Archived so readers stop chasing products that no longer exist.
- Shut down Mar 2026Sora (Discontinued)
Sora by OpenAI shut down in March 2026. Migration guide to Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Runway Gen-4.5, Luma Dream Machine 3, and Hailuo AI for AI video generation.
- Acquired Dec 2025Play.ht (Discontinued) by Meta
Play.ht shut down December 31, 2025 after Meta acqui-hired its team. Migration guide to ElevenLabs, Fish Audio S2, Voxtral, and enterprise TTS alternatives.
- Shut down Aug 2025Microsoft Bing Chat
Bing Chat launched in 2023, rebranded to Microsoft Copilot in November 2023, and shut down in August 2025 with Bing Search APIs. Details on its history, shutdown, and current alternatives.
- Pivoted Jun 2024Meta Imagine
Meta Imagine at imagine.meta.com was shut down in mid-2024 as Meta consolidated all AI features into Meta AI. Here's what changed and where to find it now.
- Shut down May 2024Clipdrop
Stability AI shut down Clipdrop in May 2024 amid financial difficulties. Here's what Clipdrop did, why it closed, and the best alternatives.
- Pivoted Feb 2024Google Bard by Google (rebranded to Gemini)
Google Bard was rebranded to Google Gemini in February 2024. Learn what Bard was, why Google renamed it, and what changed in the transition.
- Shut down Jan 2024GPT-3 API (text-davinci models)
OpenAI deprecated GPT-3's text-davinci models on January 4, 2024. Learn what they were, what replaced them, and how to migrate.
- Shut down Mar 2023OpenAI Codex
OpenAI Codex API was deprecated on March 23, 2023. Learn what it was, why OpenAI shut it down, and the best alternatives for AI coding today.