{"name":"At-Risk AI Tools: Domain Renewals Due and Low Viability Scores","source":"RightAIChoice","url":"https://rightaichoice.com/research/at-risk-ai-tools","license":"CC BY 4.0","as_of":"2026-10-23","edition":"2026-10-01","temporal_coverage":"2026-10-23/2026-10-23","headline":"448 of 6,984 AI tools with a known registry date have a domain renewal due within 60 days, and 337 of 8,222 scored tools sit below the 40-point at-risk band — only 22 show both signals at once.","summary":["Two signals, kept separate on purpose. The first is a calendar fact: the domain's registry expiry date falls within the next 60 days. The second is our viability score, which summarises how consistently a tool has verified clean over time.","A renewal due is not a prediction. Most domains renew, often in the final days. The value of the list is that a buyer committing to a tool can check back after the date instead of discovering a lapse later.","The viability score is 0–100: 70+ is a safe bet, below 40 is at risk. Category averages are shown so a low score can be read against its peers."],"tables":[{"title":"How many AI tools show an at-risk signal right now?","note":"Two independent signals. A domain renewal due is a registry date, not a judgement — most registrants renew. Low viability is a score below the at-risk band computed from verification history, link health, pricing clarity and activity.","columns":["Signal","Tools","Share of tracked tools"],"rows":[["Domain renewal due within 60 days",448,"6.4%"],["Registry expiry date already passed (grace period or late renewal)",28,"0.4%"],["Viability score below 40 (at-risk band)",337,"4.1%"],["Both signals at once",22,"0.3%"]]},{"title":"Which categories carry the most at-risk signals?","note":"Categories with at least 100 published tools. Average viability is on a 0-100 scale where 70+ is \"safe bet\".","columns":["Category","Tools","Domain renewal due (60 d)","Viability below 40","Average viability"],"rows":[["Browser & Computer-Use Agents",115,5,8,66.9],["Market & Competitive Intelligence",131,"fewer than 5",9,64.9],["Short-Form & Faceless Video",157,9,10,66.8],["Writing & Content",256,19,16,62.9],["AI Digital Workers",112,6,7,68.3],["Image Generation",574,30,34,64.4],["Social Media Management",169,7,10,67],["3D Generation & Scanning",145,6,8,65.9],["Chatbot Builders",128,7,7,67.2],["Research & Education",228,13,12,63.7],["AI Avatars & Talking Video",116,8,6,69.8],["Productivity",272,14,14,67.2],["LLM App Frameworks & SDKs",136,5,7,63.6],["Document Q&A & Summarizing",267,14,13,66.2],["LLM Observability & Evals",186,7,9,68.5],["Investing & Market Research",104,6,5,64.3],["AI Video Generation",443,16,21,66.7],["AI Assistants",191,11,9,64.7],["Video & Audio",192,13,9,68.8],["Supply Chain & Logistics",107,9,5,63.5],["Everyday Life",154,10,7,62],["GPU Cloud & Model Inference",114,"fewer than 5",5,69.6],["Business & Finance",183,11,8,67.1],["Voice AI Agents & Phone Automation",210,12,9,68],["Ecommerce & Retail",165,8,7,69.5],["Voice & Speech",236,13,10,66.3],["Notes & Knowledge Management",142,"fewer than 5",6,68.9],["Graphic Design",143,"fewer than 5",6,66.8],["Code & Development",457,23,19,66.8],["Ad Creative & Media Buying",150,14,6,69.1],["Local & On-Device AI",134,"fewer than 5",5,66.8],["Multi-Model AI Chat",110,6,"fewer than 5",63.8],["Autonomous Coding Agents",222,6,8,69.6],["Business Intelligence",201,10,7,69.5],["Fun Photo & Video Apps",145,13,5,61.6],["Document AI & Data Extraction",116,"fewer than 5","fewer than 5",66.3],["Photo Editing & Enhancement",245,13,8,66],["AI Governance & Guardrails",194,7,6,69.7],["Translation & Localization",101,5,"fewer than 5",65.3],["Audio Editing & Production",105,"fewer than 5","fewer than 5",68.6],["Agent Frameworks & Orchestration",389,15,11,67.9],["Marketing & SEO",151,9,"fewer than 5",72.2],["Data & Analytics",358,25,9,67.2],["Customer Support",252,12,6,70.7],["Sales Prospecting & Outbound",267,13,6,70.8],["AI App & Website Builders",225,9,5,73.7],["Automation & Agents",586,27,13,69.8],["Healthcare",150,6,"fewer than 5",65.7],["Developer Infrastructure",214,8,"fewer than 5",70.1],["Meeting Assistants & Notetakers",108,"fewer than 5","fewer than 5",74.7],["Transcription & Speech-to-Text",170,11,"fewer than 5",69.4],["MCP Servers & Agent Tooling",185,10,"fewer than 5",70.2],["Computer Vision",144,10,"fewer than 5",65],["Music Generation",170,8,"fewer than 5",66.5],["Presentations & Slides",105,"fewer than 5","fewer than 5",69.6],["CRM",113,6,"fewer than 5",72.4],["Study Tools",120,5,"fewer than 5",65.5],["Agent Memory & Runtimes",139,6,"none recorded",70.6]]},{"title":"Which AI tools have a domain renewal coming due?","note":"Registry expiry dates from RDAP for tools whose website is currently healthy, soonest first. A renewal due is routine — this list exists so buyers can check back, not as a warning about any vendor.","columns":["Tool","Category","Renewal due","Registrar"],"rows":[["Talentropy.ai","HR, Recruiting & Payroll","October 2026","NameCheap, Inc."],["Code Interpreter Api","Agent Memory & Runtimes","October 2026","Communigal Communications Ltd"],["Web Agent Protocol","Browser & Computer-Use Agents","October 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["AI Boost－AI Image Editor","Photo Editing & Enhancement","October 2026","Acens Technologies, S.L.U."],["AI Headshot Photo Generator","AI Headshots","October 2026","Acens Technologies, S.L.U."],["GoatChat","AI Assistants","October 2026","Acens Technologies, S.L.U."],["Subtitles","Video Dubbing & Subtitles","October 2026","NameSilo, LLC"],["AI Couple Photo","Fun Photo & Video Apps","October 2026","Spaceship, Inc."],["Optimyzee","Ad Creative & Media Buying","October 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Vllora","LLM Observability & Evals","October 2026","Namecheap Inc."],["Software Development Cost Calculator","Code & Development","October 2026","Netregistry Wholesale Pty Ltd"],["AI ChatBot Assistant","AI Assistants","October 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Structa","Code & Development","October 2026","Spaceship, Inc."],["Fabrica","AI App & Website Builders","October 2026","Name.com, Inc."],["Ai Business Skills","Ad Creative & Media Buying","October 2026","Porkbun LLC"],["Kento","LLM Gateways & Model Routers","October 2026","NameCheap, Inc."],["AI Photo","Image Generation","October 2026","Key-Systems, LLC"],["Temply","Short-Form & Faceless Video","October 2026","1API GmbH"],["Today's Budget","Personal Finance & Budgeting","October 2026","united-domains GmbH"],["Ergo","CRM","October 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Mixedbread AI","Web Scraping & Search APIs","November 2026","IONOS SE"],["UTMGuard","Marketing & SEO","November 2026","Porkbun LLC"],["FaceAi","Fun Photo & Video Apps","November 2026","NameCheap, Inc."],["Lume AI","Data & Analytics","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Exin Therapeutics","Drug Discovery & Life Sciences","November 2026","IONOS SE"],["AI Interior Room Planner","Interior Design & Architecture","November 2026","SNAPNAMES 14, LLC"],["Zing AI","Fitness & Nutrition","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Jupid","Business & Finance","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Chima","Automation & Agents","November 2026","Squarespace Domains II LLC"],["Disney AI Poster","Image Generation","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["QuickCode ai","Supply Chain & Logistics","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["SurfSense","Web Scraping & Search APIs","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Skyfall GS","3D Generation & Scanning","November 2026","Squarespace Domains II LLC."],["VocAdapt","Language Learning","November 2026","NameCheap, Inc."],["Weavin","Chatbot Builders","November 2026","NameCheap, Inc."],["Structurizr","Diagrams, Whiteboards & Mind Maps","November 2026","eNom, LLC"],["Mecha Health","Healthcare","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Mentioned","Marketing & SEO","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Calorie Counter","Fitness & Nutrition","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"],["Matrubials","Drug Discovery & Life Sciences","November 2026","GoDaddy.com, LLC"]]}],"methodology":["Domain expiry dates come from RDAP lookups (check-domain-health), re-checked on a rolling schedule; the as-of date is the newest lookup. \"Due within 60 days\" is measured from that date. Tools with no registry date (some TLDs do not publish one) are excluded from the share.","Viability scores are recomputed nightly (calculate-viability). Bands follow the site-wide thresholds: at risk below 40, safe bet at 70 and above.","Category rows count a tool in every category it belongs to; only categories with at least 100 published tools are shown. Counts under five are described rather than printed.","Viability as of October 23, 2026; domain dates as of October 23, 2026."],"sources":["tools (domain_expires_at, domain_checked_at, viability_score, website_flag)","categories / tool_categories","SQL function research_at_risk()"],"variables":[{"name":"domain_due_60d","description":"Tools whose registry expiry date falls within 60 days of the as-of date"},{"name":"low_viability","description":"Tools with viability_score below 40"},{"name":"avg_viability","description":"Mean viability score per category"},{"name":"domain_expires_at","description":"Registry expiry timestamp of a listed tool"}]}