792 companies died with the demand already proven. Every one ships with the spec that works.
Not a post-mortem. A module-by-module rebuild blueprint — market thesis, MVP scope, build order, stack, pricing, and the exact anti-pattern that killed the original — written to be handed straight to an agent and run. Five per company. 3,960 in total.
The Structural Shift That Makes Dead Startups Cash Flow
Every company in our archive proved product-market demand before imploding under the weight of venture bloat. Study the math:
- ✕Hired 200–400 employees with $1.5M+/month in salaried payroll.
- ✕30 outbound sales reps chasing 9-month enterprise procurement deals.
- ✕Manual human labor disguised as software, burning $200+ per request.
- ✕14-month payback period. Collapsed the instant venture capital froze.
- ✓1 solo founder + autonomous agent harness. Exactly $0 payroll.
- ✓100% self-serve checkout. Zero sales reps. 60-second time-to-first-value.
- ✓Pure deterministic code and serverless edge functions (< $0.05 per run).
- ✓Day-1 cash flow positive at $25–$149/mo. Instant 90%+ gross margins.
Try A Rebuild Spec Before You Buy
6 companies free. The names, autopsies and fatal flaws are free forever. The build specs are what you pay for.
FTX
“The 'safe' crypto exchange for grown-ups—Wall Street sophistication meets digital assets, minus the Wild West chaos.”
Quibi
“Hollywood meets your commute—premium 10-minute episodes designed for killing time between subway stops and coffee runs.”
Theranos
“Testing the limits of science fiction by claiming to diagnose your life with a drop of blood.”
Wirecard
“Germany's fintech pride—Europe's PayPal challenger built on Teutonic engineering rigor and €24B of supposed transaction volume.”
WeWork
“Premium office vibes at startup prices—they sold 'community' and 'elevated consciousness' with your hot desk rental.”
Mt. Gox
“The only place to turn your Bitcoin into real money when crypto was still a nerdy experiment—a Magic card site turned financial gateway.”
3,960 Rebuild Specs, One Dead Company Each
The 6 teardowns above are free so you can judge the analysis. The pass unlocks all 792 companies — and for every one, the 5-module build spec: what to make, what it cost the original to learn that, the stack, the pricing, and the module order. Paste it into an agent and ship.
The Sunday Autopsy Dispatch
No generic advice. No AI slop. Just one deep forensic post-mortem every Sunday morning detailing exact burn rates, fatal unit economics, and the autonomous micro-SaaS specifications to resurrect them.
The Other 786 Companies Are Specs Too
The 6 teardowns above are free so you can check the analysis holds up. The pass unlocks the remaining 786 — each with the same 5-module build spec, .cursorrules downloads, and the social distribution desk.