HP has announced that it will Buy a part of Humane Inc worth 116 million dollars. This startup became known by the only device they marketed, the AI Pin, and the investors that backed it, Marc Benioff from Salesforce or Sam Altman de OpenAi, among others.
Despite its launch promotion as “revolutionary” and the big names behind, the AI Pin was one of the greater technological failures of 2024. It is a small device, in the brooch format, which was announced as “Your intelligent, laptop and voice, who keeps you connected and at the time with just one touch”.
As the name implies, AI Pin is a Wearable designed to get on the clothes. The device includes a camera that allows you to scan a document and read a translation through its speaker. It also includes “laser ink”, a projector capable of projecting images and text. Humane suggested uses to project information in your hand, for those moments in which the PIN speakers were not the correct way to consume data.
The founders of Humane and investors expected the device to “revolutionize” the technological market, but very soon the first testers cited problems of overheating, stability and ease of use. Besides, The New York Times He informed that Humane knew that the product had important problems Before the launch, what was the definitive sake.
Goodbye Al AI Pin and Sale of Assets to HP
HP ha informado «A definitive agreement to acquire key abilities of Humane, including its platform promoted by the cosmos, highly qualified technical talent and intellectual property with more than 300 patents and requests for patents ».
Tuan Tran, president of HP Technology and Innovation, says that the acquisition “It will help us Create an intelligent ecosystem on all HP devicesfrom computers with AI to smart printers and connected conferences rooms. This will allow access to new levels of functionality for our clients and meet the promises of the AI ”.
All this will arise from creation ‘HP IQ’and “New Innovation Laboratory in Artificial Intelligence focused on the creation of an intelligent ecosystem in all HP products and services for the future of work”. which will directly direct the founders of Humane, Imran Chaudhuri and Bethany Bongiorno.
Next to the sale of assets to HP, Humane has confirmed that will stop manufacturing AI Pin completely and that all units sold will stop working after February 28, 2025. Humane will offer reimbursements to customers who are within their 90 -day return period, although those who are outside that period will only receive a prorated reimbursement for its subscription. Humane will eliminate all the data of consumers stored on their servers on February 28 as part of the closure. Users are urged to download all photos, videos or notes saved before that date.
Ai Pin has been a complete fiasco, confirming that not everything that the surname has the same use.
