🪦 Dead
Kintsugi AI
Startup failed · Regulatory Barriers · shut down February 11, 2026
- Born
- Died
- Lifespan
- 7y 1m
- Cause of death
- Regulatory Barriers
- Killed by
- FDA
- Type
- Startup
An AI startup that spent 7 years and $30M developing voice biomarker technology to detect depression and anxiety from how people speak. Shut down after nearly 4 years waiting for FDA De Novo clearance that never came. Open-sourced all code and research before closing, a rare act of scientific integrity in an industry of quiet deaths.
Collateral damage: Clinical partners lost a diagnostic screening tool their patients relied on. Research datasets open-sourced as a consolation.