Humane made a radical change after the recent difficulties. The company has announced that AI Pin has completely stopped its sales. At the same time, most of Humane was purchased by HP for $ 116 million. This sales show that Humane cannot continue to operate as an independent initiative, while the company’s hardware development process will turn into a new structure within the HP. HP plans to create a new artificial intelligence innovation laboratory by adding Humane’s engineering team and technological assets to its structure.
When Humane launched AI Pin in April 2024, it created a great expectation. This device, which is intended to replace smartphones, drew attention with its laser projection screen, voice command capabilities and artificial intelligence support. However, when the product was released, it was seen that the promised experience did not meet the expectations. Users began to complain about the lack of battery life of the device, overheating problems and limited artificial intelligence responses. These problems have made it difficult for Humane to gain the trust of the user audience targeted, and also created question marks as to whether the device can be a competitive product in the long run.
Humane decided to stop AI Pin’s sales
The company announced that it will completely disable the AI Pins it offered for sale as of 28 February 2025 hours at 12:00 PST. After this date, the devices will not be able to connect to Humane’s servers and cannot perform their basic functions. Users will no longer search for AI Pin, send messages and use artificial intelligence -supported commands. In addition, the company warned its existing users to transfer their data to an external device. Especially when cloud services are disabled, the data stored on the device will become irreversible.
Humane’s challenges began to show itself shortly after the device was released. AI Pin, which attracted great attention in the first place, faced an unexpected return wave a few months after being offered for sale. In the summer of 2024, Humane’s daily return rates began to exceed the sales figures. The fact that the user experience did not meet the expectations and the technical limitations of the product were the main factors that increase customer dissatisfaction. Moreover, when the charging case offered by Humane with the device, the lithium battery battery fire risk was announced, the company’s problems with product safety grew further.
Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, the founders of Humane, tried to position AI Pin as the device of the future, taking power from their past in Apple. However, the difficulties in the hardware development process and the positioning of the product in the market made it difficult to realize this vision. The original price of AI Pin was determined as $ 699, but with the fall of sales, the price was reduced to $ 499 in October 2024. But even this price decrease was not enough to increase the interest of consumers’ interest in the product. In the wearable artificial intelligence devices market, Humane’s AI Pin could not achieve a strong position in terms of competition.
By acquiring Humane, HP took a strategic step towards artificial intelligence -based software and hardware integration. The company plans to integrate Humane’s artificial intelligence operating system and technological infrastructure with its own products and services. It aims to move Humane’s experience to its ecosystem by establishing a new research and development group called HP IQ. Especially for HP’s personal computers, printers and other smart devices, these technologies are expected to be adapted.
Recently, it was known that Humane has made purchasing negotiations with other companies. In May 2024, the company announced that it was wanted to be sold with a valuation of 750 million to 1 billion dollars. However, due to the fact that Humane could not reach the targeted figures and the technical problems experienced, the agreement with the HP resulted in a price of $ 116 million. This shows that Humane has difficulty in meeting the expectations of the market and that investors’ interest in the company is reduced.
It is not yet clear whether the Humane brand will disappear after this purchase. While Humane includes Humane’s hardware and software development processes, it has not made any explanation as to whether it would develop a Pin -like product. On the other hand, this shows that Humane cannot survive in the world of technology as an independent company. In the future, how HP will shape these technologies will continue to be a matter of curiosity.