According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, approximately 42% of corporate AI initiatives are ultimately abandoned by their parent companies, due to factors including insufficient funding, technical challenges, intensifying competition, difficulties in scaling, and inadequate user demand. Recently, Character.ai filed for bankruptcy, while the privacy-focused AI assistant Ollie announced its shutdown; Relay, Huxe, Yupp, and FiggAI have also ceased operations, with Notion Mail planning to shut down on September 22. OpenAI had previously repositioned ChatGPT into a "super app" integrating Chat, Codex, and Work modes, but quickly rolled back the change due to interface complexity, subsequently incorporating functionalities from standalone products like Atlas and Operator into ChatGPT.

Its video platform Sora is set to close in March 2026 due to high operational costs and persistent user retention challenges. Apple's AI-powered Siri has faced multiple delays, while Microsoft Recall has been postponed nearly a year over privacy and security concerns. In the AI hardware space, Humane ceased operations of its AI Pin product in February 2025, with its assets acquired by HP for $116 million; although Rabbit R1 sold 100,000 units, early reviews highlighted unstable performance and limited practical integration.