Credit: Humane
- Humane is discontinuing the AI Pin, halting software support for the device, and deleting all customer data.
- Early customers who purchased the $700 device will not get any refunds.
- The company has been acquired by HP.
It’s almost been a year since I first encountered Humane’s AI Pin at MWC 2024. Back then, skepticism was rampant — not just from me, but from many others — about the future of this $700 AI-powered device that struggled to perform even basic tasks. Fast forward a few months, and the company was fighting to maintain the credibility of its ambitious yet unfinished product, as reviewers slammed it for falling way short of expectations. Humane promised major updates to improve the device, but the damage was done by then, and the writing was on the wall for its debut device.