THE SAAS RECKONING

💀 SaaS Apocalypse

Tracking the collapse of overvalued SaaS companies — from shutdowns and sunsets to the rise of open-source alternatives.

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Graveyard

Shut Down

🥽Metaverse (Horizon Worlds)DEAD

Pivoted 2021 · Abandoned 2024

🎬OpenAI SoraDEAD

Launched Dec 2024 · Died Apr 2026

🖼️Stability AI (DreamStudio)DEAD

Founded 2019 · Collapsed 2024

🎮Google StadiaDEAD

Launched Nov 2019 · Died Jan 2023

⚛️Atom EditorSUNSET

Launched 2014 · Archived Dec 2022

☁️Heroku (Free Tier)SUNSET

Free since 2007 · Free tier killed Nov 2022

✍️Jasper AIDEAD

Peak valuation $1.5B · Mass layoffs 2024

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Danger Zone

Critical

🎨Tailwind CSSCRITICAL

75% team reduction · Revenue collapse

ZapierDECLINING

AI-native competitors rising · Pricing pressure

🐘EvernoteCRITICAL

Bending Spoons acquisition · User exodus

📝GrammarlyDECLINING

AI competition · Commoditization