Humanitarian announced on Tuesday that most of its assets were obtained from HP for $ 116 million. Hardware starts immediately stops sales of their $ 499 AI pins. Humanely warned customers who have already purchased the pin that their devices will stop working by the end of the month – at 12pm PST on February 28, 2025, according to Blog post.
After that date, the company says its AI pins will no longer connect to Humane’s servers. The devices will not be able to phone, messages, AI questions/answers or cloud access. Humanely advises AI -pin owners to transfer their important photos and data to an external device immediately.
Humanely says it will also dissolve its customer support team for the AI -Pin on 28 February.
The news ends the short -term, faulty device startup. Humane made a splash in April 2024 of launching its AI pinit positioned as a smartphone replacement. The launch of the Bay Area, founded by former Apple employees Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, earned over $ 230 million to create the device.
However, Humane’s AI pin disappointed many early reviewers and customers, creating a crisis for the company. At one moment last summer, Humane’s returns for the AI pin began to surpass their sales, according to reporting The verge. Adding insult to injury, Humane also told customers to stop using the loading case of the device, citing concerns about battery fire. In October, the company dropped the price of their AI pins at $ 200.
HP obtains humanity engineers and product managers, according to a blog post announcing the acquisition. The human team will form the basis of a new group within an HP called HP IQ, which it describes as a “AI innovative lab focused on building a smart ecosystem through the products and services of HP for the future of work.”
HP will also acquire some of Humane’s technology, including its Cosmos AI operating system. Humane recently showed an advertisement Suggesting that the AI -operating system could work On a car entertainment system, smart speaker, TV and Android phone. This technology could be used to integrate AI into HP’s personal computers and printers.
Humanely sought to be obtained in May 2024 for a much higher price, between $ 750 million and $ 1 billion, according to A Bloomberg report.
Humane did not immediately respond to Techcrunch’s request for comment.
