# staging.aitoolgraveyard.com


## Posts

- [Hello world!](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/blog/hello-world/): Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
- [The Great Consolidation: Why 2026 Is Eating AI Tools Alive](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/blog/great-consolidation-2026/): One in five tools we track has changed hands or shut down in the last twelve months. The economics behind the wave — and how to read what comes next.
- [Anatomy of a Shutdown: Warning Signs to Watch](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-shutdown/): Shutdowns rarely arrive unannounced. We back-tested our ledger against every closure since 2024 and found the same five tremors, in the same order.
- [Acquisition Isn't Always a Graveyard](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/blog/acquisition-not-a-graveyard/): The word "acquired" makes users reach for the export button. Our data says the story is more complicated — and the first 180 days tell you which story you're in.
- [How the Archive Verifies a Tool's Pulse](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/blog/how-we-verify/): Every record carries a "last verified" date. Here is the checklist behind it — and why we re-verify dead tools too.
- [Open-Source Lifeboats: Where Users Swim When a Tool Sinks](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/blog/open-source-lifeboats/): Every shutdown triggers the same migration pattern. The beneficiaries are rarely the dead tool's commercial rivals — they're the open projects.

## Pages

- [Report a Tool](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/report-a-tool/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/privacy-policy/): This policy explains what information AI Tool Graveyard ("we", "us") collects when you visit the site, and how we use it.
- [About](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/about/): AI tools launch, pivot, get acquired and shut down very quickly.
- [Articles](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/articles/)
- [All AI Tools](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/ai-tools-status/)
- [Home](https://staging.aitoolgraveyard.com/)


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