This is sad news.
I want to believe that when ink! was initially introduced the anticipation was that the parachains incorporating ink! will possibly spearhead its adoption.
In 2025, Polkadot Africa we had @OlahFemi who was part of the alliance start the first lessons, later we had Cheryl @robinsoncodes @Lynette @Cecilia_Mulandi @Holamite continue educating and building with ink! which was an easy way to attract Rust developers to start exploring Polkadot.
In the Polkadot Builder Party 2025, East Africa alone had about 7 projects that won and used ink!/Rust.
This is why I believe that if similar efforts had begun earlier we would have had more ink! developers, contributions and perhaps projects.
If possible we give it a last shot, take what we have learnt through the years and see where it goes? Otherwise to @ink_alliance members thank you all for your service!