AI Tools History Archive

Source-linked AI lifecycle registry

Track AI product changes with dated events and public evidence.

A compact archive for AI tool shutdowns, acquisitions, rebrands, API deprecations, model retirements, feature removals, and major product transitions.

Latest lifecycle events

Recently dated changes

All events
2026-06-01

Gemini 2.0 Flash model shutdown date reached

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash models

model retiredmodelmodel discontinued
Open
2026-01-14

text-embedding-004 shutdown date reached

Google text-embedding-004

model retiredmodelmodel discontinued
Open
2025-11-10

imagen-3.0-generate-002 shutdown date reached

Google Imagen 3.0 generate 002

model retiredmodelmodel discontinued
Open
2025-07-21

Claude 2 and Sonnet 3 models retired

Anthropic Claude 2 and Sonnet 3 models

model retiredmodelmodel discontinued
Open
2025-03-11

Assistants API sunset path announced

OpenAI Assistants API

api deprecatedapideprecated
Open

Evidence first

Records are based on public sources, dated events, confidence labels, and current-state notes.

Lifecycle focused

The archive tracks shutdowns, deprecations, rebrands, removals, acquisitions, and model/API retirements.

Registry, not ranking

This is not a popularity chart, recommendation list, or automated verdict engine.