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Humane’s AI Pin is dead, as HP buys startup’s assets for $116M


Humane announced on Tuesday that most of its assets have been acquired by HP for $116 million. The hardware startup is immediately discontinuing sales of

Humane alerted customers who have already purchased the Pin that their devices will stop functioning before the end of the month — at 12 PM PST on February 28, 2025, according to a blog post. The Bay Area startup, founded by ex-Apple employees Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, raised more than $230 million to create the device. Adding insult to injury, Humane also told customers to stop using the device’s charging case, citing battery fire concerns.

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