AI Graveyard / 2021
4 AI tools shut down, were acquired and folded, or had their domains lapse in 2021. Curated by the ToolDirectory.AI editorial team — every entry was a real product listed on the site before its lights went out.


Enterprise conversational-AI platform (A.ware) from Bangalore. Fractal took a majority stake in August 2021; the standalone senseforth.ai site went dark by 2026 as the business folded into Fractal's portfolio.
Acquired by Fractal.

Kira Systems was a pioneer in machine-learning contract analysis — extracting and reviewing clauses across large document sets for law firms and corporate legal teams. In 2021 it was acquired by Litera, the legal-technology company, which continues to offer Kira’s contract-analysis technology within its transaction and litigation product suite.
Acquired by Litera.

ROSS Intelligence, founded in 2014 out of the University of Toronto, was an AI legal-research engine that let lawyers ask questions in plain English and get cited case law, taking on Westlaw and LexisNexis. In 2020 Thomson Reuters sued it for training on Westlaw headnotes; unable to fund the litigation, ROSS shut down on January 31, 2021. In February 2025 a federal judge ruled it had infringed Westlaw's copyrights, a landmark AI training-data decision.
Last known pricing: Per-attorney subscription (historical)
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