Question 1

Which AI video tools have shut down?

Accepted Answer

25 AI tools are currently tracked in the graveyard, including the most-searched: Sora's consumer app (shut 2026-04-26, API to September 2026), plus several smaller image/video generators. Each entry has the exact shutdown date, parent-company status at time of close, and a ranked migration path to active substitutes.

Question 2

How do I know if my AI tool is at risk of shutdown?

Accepted Answer

Watch for these signals: parent-company layoffs in the AI division, dropped enterprise sales push, silent removal of the public roadmap, slowed shipping cadence on the official changelog, and pricing-tier consolidation. The graveyard records what each signal looked like in retrospect for tools that have already shut down.

Question 3

What happens to unspent credits when a tool shuts down?

Accepted Answer

Vendor policy varies. Most platforms offer goodwill credit reversal during a wind-down window — for Sora, the OpenAI billing flow accepted credit-reversal requests until late 2026. Each graveyard entry lists the documented credit-reversal flow at the time of shutdown plus the cutoff date.

Question 4

How do migration paths work?

Accepted Answer

Each graveyard entry ranks 3-5 active substitutes by shot type, not by overall "best." If you were using the shut-down tool for character work, the substitute order differs from a user who was using it for atmospheric lighting. The /alternatives page has the same shot-type-ranked logic for active tools.

When an AI tool dies, where do you go?

By category.

When the next AI tool dies, we will let you know

Stranded users need one place to check.