Human announced on Tuesday That most of its assets have been acquired by HP for $ 116 million. The equipment startup immediately prohibits sales of its AI pins of $ 499. Humane alerted customers who have already bought the spit that their devices will cease to operate before the end of the month – at 12 noon on February 28, 2025, according to a blog.
After this date, the company claims that its AI pins will no longer connect to the Humane servers. The devices will not be able to call, messages, requests and AI responses or cloud access. Humane advises AI PIN owners to immediately transfer their important photos and data to an external device.
Humane plans to dissolve his customer assistance team for PIN IA on February 28. The company claims that customers who have bought an AI pin in the last 90 days are eligible for a reimbursement, according to a FaqBut whoever bought a device before it is not.
The news ends the short -term and buzzing hardware startup. Humane caused a sensation in April 2024 by Launch of its spit Aiwhich he positioned as a smartphone replacement. The startup of the Bay region, founded by the ex-employees of Paple Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, collected more than $ 230 million to create the device.
However, Humane Pin Ai has disappointed many first examiners and customers, creating a crisis for the company. At one point last summer, Humane’s yields for the AI spindle began to overcome its sales, according to the reports of The penis. Adding insult to the injury, Humane also told customers to stop using the case of the device, Citing battery fire problems. In October, the company, which has long billed customers $ 699 for its AI pin, dropped the price of $ 200.
HP acquires Humane engineers and product managers, according to a blog article announcing the acquisition. The human team will constitute the basis of a new group within HP called HP IQ, which it describes as an “IA innovation laboratory has focused on building an intelligent ecosystem through products and HP services for the future of work ”.
HP also acquires part of Humane technology, including its COSMOS AI operating system. Humane recently showed an advertisement suggesting that the AI operating system could work On the entertainment system of a car, an intelligent speaker, a TV and an Android phone. This technology could be used to integrate AI into personal computers and HP printers.
Humane had sought to be acquired in May 2024 for a much higher price, between $ 750 and $ 1 billion, according to a Bloomberg report.
Humane did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Techcrunch.
