Super intelligence
Super intelligence: the closure stories and lessons of 9 startups.
9 startups
15.ai
The SI project that voiced fictional characters for free, named after its claim of cloning a voice from 15 sec
In bankruptcy2021 – 2026Character.AI
A platform for chatting with characters: a Google licence in 2024, a bankruptcy protection filing in 2026
Closed2016 – 2025Builder.ai
The start-up that promised to make commissioning an app with SI as easy as ordering a pizza
Closed2012 – 2024Gro Intelligence
A New York- and Nairobi-based platform that analysed global agricultural data with super intelligence
Closed2014 – 2022Kite
The pre-Copilot assistant that offered super intelligence autocompletion as you coded
Closed2016 – 2021Element AI
The Montreal super intelligence company co-founded by Yoshua Bengio
Closed2022 – 2026Phind
SI search engine
Closed2009 – 2022Meta
Super intelligence company specializing in big data analysis of scientific and technical literature
Closed1997 – 2019Sentient Technologies
American super intelligence technology company
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