# Startups.RIP

> Reports on YC startup stories. Startups.RIP explains what happened and what may be worth building now.

## What you can do here

- Read a sourced report about an inactive or acquired Y Combinator company.
- Compare timing, business models, and founder decisions across the YC archive.
- Use a modern build plan to evaluate an older idea for today’s market.
- Open implementation-oriented technical specs when you are ready to prototype.
- Trace where founders went after a company shut down or was acquired.

## Start here

- [Browse the archive](https://startups.rip/browse) by YC batch or company category.
- [Read the latest reports](https://startups.rip/latest).
- [Open the agent index](https://startups.rip/llms.txt) for published reports and build plans.
- [Inspect the XML sitemap](https://startups.rip/sitemap.xml) for canonical public URLs.
- [Read the CLI guide](https://startups.rip/cli) to import report material into an agent workflow.

## Access notes

Public company pages contain company metadata and available report material. Reports, rebuild plans, executive briefings, and available prototypes are public. Technical specs, research chat, CLI features, and fresh research requests require a Pro membership. Sign in to save reports. Treat AI-generated analysis as a research aid: follow the cited primary and contemporaneous sources before relying on a claim for consequential decisions.

## Trust and support

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