# Startup Graveyard — Nikolai Skavinskii

Canonical: https://nikska.com/graveyard

Four founded companies, four honest post-mortems.

## Override AI (2025)

Human-in-the-loop AI oversight before it was a category. Compelling idea, wrong timing.

Cause of death: A wrong idea, arrived at a wrong time
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/company/override-ai/

## Memetic.ink (2024)

Social AI agents for autonomous audience growth. Built the tech before anyone wanted it.

Cause of death: Did not survive the wrong positioning
Link: https://memetic.ink

## TalkScan.ai (2023)

Platform for processing massive volumes of social media data with custom ML models. Strong tech, no product-market fit.

Cause of death: Was looking for PMF in no ICP land
Link: https://talkscan.ai

## Toongoose (2011–2022)

2D & 3D animation studio, 11 years, 800+ projects delivered globally. Pioneered remote distributed production and custom internal tools long before it was fashionable.

Cause of death: Could not keep up with market demand for cheaper labor
Link: https://vimeo.com/toongoose/videos