{ "topic": { "slug": "shut-down", "title": "Startups that announced a shutdown", "rule": "The homepage says the company has shut down, is winding down or has closed. The company's statement is quoted; its observation date is not necessarily the closure date.", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/t/shut-down" }, "as_of": "2026-11-09", "summary": "In Q4 2026 (to 9 November 2026), no qualifying changes were recorded among 1,797 startups with at least two captures. This does not mean no changes happened. These are observations in the archive, not a market-wide rate. Coverage differs by quarter.", "quarters": [ { "quarter": "2026-Q4", "companies": 0, "checked": 1797 }, { "quarter": "2026-Q3", "companies": 0, "checked": 815 }, { "quarter": "2026-Q2", "companies": 0, "checked": 168 }, { "quarter": "2026-Q1", "companies": 0, "checked": 401 }, { "quarter": "2025-Q4", "companies": 0, "checked": 61 }, { "quarter": "2025-Q3", "companies": 0, "checked": 499 } ], "pagination": { "page": 1, "per_page": 200, "total": 13, "pages": 1, "next": null }, "changes": [ { "company": "TesterArmy", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/tester.army", "summary": "Its homepage says “TesterArmy is winding down”.", "between": { "from": "2026-11-06T21:25:45.822Z", "to": "2026-11-06T21:25:45.822Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://tester.army/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Relay.app", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/relay.app", "summary": "Its homepage says “Relay.app has shut down.”.", "between": { "from": "2026-11-06T20:26:57.225Z", "to": "2026-11-06T20:26:57.225Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://relay.app/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Merkle Trade", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/merkle.trade", "summary": "Its homepage now says “Merkle is winding down. Thank you for being part of our journey.”.", "between": { "from": "2026-01-07T15:21:58.000Z", "to": "2026-11-06T17:40:08.559Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://merkle.trade/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Kosmik", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/kosmik.app", "summary": "Its homepage says “Kosmik is winding down …”.", "between": { "from": "2026-11-06T17:30:57.361Z", "to": "2026-11-06T17:30:57.361Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://www.kosmik.app/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Joggr", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/joggr.io", "summary": "Its homepage now says “Thank you. Joggr is shutting down. | Joggr”.", "between": { "from": "2025-01-08T12:44:21.000Z", "to": "2026-11-06T17:26:50.539Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://www.joggr.ai/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Glover Technologies", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/gloverapp.co", "summary": "Its homepage says “We've closed our doors”.", "between": { "from": "2026-11-06T17:13:23.485Z", "to": "2026-11-06T17:13:23.485Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://www.gloverapp.co/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Dcoder", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/dcoder.tech", "summary": "Its homepage now says “Dcoder has shut down. Thank you to our 5 million+ developers who built 15 million+ projects over 10 incredible years.”.", "between": { "from": "2026-03-05T09:25:05.000Z", "to": "2026-11-06T14:38:38.800Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://dcoder.tech/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Codeanywhere", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/codeanywhere.com", "summary": "Its homepage says “Codeanywhere is sunsetting”.", "between": { "from": "2026-11-06T14:34:49.199Z", "to": "2026-11-06T14:34:49.199Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://codeanywhere.com/blog/codeanywhere-is-sunsetting", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Covrzy", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/covrzy.com", "summary": "Its homepage now says “After a meaningful journey, Covrzy is winding down.”.", "between": { "from": "2026-04-04T15:13:59.000Z", "to": "2026-11-05T13:03:44.118Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://covrzy-fairwell.vercel.app/", "evidence_kind": "live_capture" }, { "company": "Esperanto Technologies", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/esperanto.ai", "summary": "Its homepage now says “Esperanto Technologies has ceased operations.Esperanto Technologies’ IP has been acquired by Nekko.ai. The Esperanto AI / HPC Compute Ser…”.", "between": { "from": "2025-12-17T13:24:04.000Z", "to": "2026-07-23T14:33:12.000Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260723143312/https://www.esperanto.ai/", "evidence_kind": "internet_archive" }, { "company": "Gentrace", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/gentrace.ai", "summary": "Its homepage now says “Gentrace has shut down”.", "between": { "from": "2025-07-17T00:16:06.000Z", "to": "2026-01-12T19:20:12.000Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260112192012/https://gentrace.ai/", "evidence_kind": "internet_archive" }, { "company": "Booth AI", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/booth.ai", "summary": "Its homepage now says “Booth.ai shutting down August 2nd”.", "between": { "from": "2024-07-03T05:01:15.000Z", "to": "2025-01-22T03:54:07.000Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250122035407/https://www.booth.ai/", "evidence_kind": "internet_archive" }, { "company": "Revolv", "record": "https://startuphistory.org/c/revolv.com", "summary": "Its homepage now says “Revolv is now closed.”.", "between": { "from": "2016-02-27T11:21:05.000Z", "to": "2018-07-20T09:46:55.000Z" }, "counted_in": null, "evidence": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180720094655/http://revolv.com/", "evidence_kind": "internet_archive" } ], "method": { "version": "messaging-v1", "description": "https://startuphistory.org/method" }, "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "cite": "StartupHistory, “Startups that announced a shutdown”, https://startuphistory.org/t/shut-down (accessed 9 November 2026)" }