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Graveyard of failed AI projects

Jul 11, 2026Adam Ilčišák1 min read

Let this thread be a list of failed AI projects. Pls describe the project + add reasons of failure if you know them, so we can have some "Knowledge sharing".

I will start.

Hornbach (seller of construction tools) introduced AI feature in their mobile apps - By scanning a tool or building material, the app would pull up the corresponding product in their catalog. 🛠️ I loved it! It was refreshing to see someone use AI for image classification instead of simple chatGPT integration. I was looking a "broken pipe" at the time and it came really handy to me. However, feature is not available anymore.

Failure reason: I wasn't involved in the project, so I am just guessing here... but, I am pretty sure, that very few people used it and there must have been high costs for getting every new item in the database. So high costs for low values...

Tell me about projects you have seen!

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