Dead AI consumer products.
$3.4B of capital across this category
AI products built for everyday people. Chatbots, companions, search engines, social robots, AR headsets, AI cameras. The category where the gravitational pull of the phone is strongest and the willingness to pay for a dedicated experience is weakest. Humane, Neeva, Tome, Jibo, Anki, Moxie, Magic Leap, Google Clips, Amazon Glow.
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2020 - 2025A Mac app that recorded and indexed everything on a user's screen and microphone so they could search their past with natural language.
$22M raised · 6 years aliveDot (New Computer)
2023 - 2025A personalized AI companion app pitched as an assistant that grows with you and keeps a living diary.
$4M raised · 3 years aliveTome
2020 - 2025An AI presentation tool that let users generate full decks from a prompt and grew to millions of users at its peak.
$81M raised · 5 years aliveHumane AI Pin
2017 - 2025A screenless wearable AI assistant that clipped to your shirt.
$230M raised · 7 years aliveMagic Leap One
2011 - 2024A $2,295 mixed-reality headset that used computer-vision AI to anchor virtual objects in physical rooms.
$2.6B raised · 14 years aliveMoxie (Embodied)
2016 - 2024An $800 cloud-connected social robot designed to teach social and emotional skills to children.
$86M raised · 9 years aliveForefront Chat
2023 - 2024A free consumer chat app that gave users access to GPT-4, Claude, and persona-based AI characters in one interface.
Undisclosed raised · 1 year aliveNeeva
2019 - 2023An ad-free, subscription-based AI search engine pitched as a privacy-respecting Google alternative.
$78M raised · 4 years aliveAmazon Glow
2021 - 2022A $300 video-calling device for children that projected interactive games and puzzles onto a table.
Undisclosed raised · 1 year aliveMicrosoft Zo
2016 - 2019Microsoft's English-language successor to the Tay chatbot, designed for casual conversation on messaging platforms.
Undisclosed raised · 3 years aliveAnki
2010 - 2019A consumer robotics company behind the Cozmo and Vector AI companion robots and the Anki Drive racing system, marketed as real robotics in toy form.
$200M raised · 9 years aliveGoogle Allo
2016 - 2019A messaging app built around Smart Reply suggestions and the first consumer outing of Google Assistant.
Undisclosed raised · 3 years aliveJibo
2012 - 2019The self-described first social robot for the home, a swiveling tabletop companion that recognized faces, held conversations, and told stories.
$73M raised · 6 years aliveLighthouse AI
2015 - 2018A smart home security camera with 3D sensing and computer vision that could recognize specific family members, pets, and strangers and respond to natural language queries.
$17M raised · 4 years aliveYahoo Aviate
2013 - 2018An Android launcher that rearranged your home screen by time of day, location, and what you were doing.
$2M raised · 5 years aliveMicrosoft Tay
2016 - 2016Microsoft's Twitter chatbot designed to mimic an American teenage girl and learn through conversation with users.
Undisclosed raised · 1 year alive