Human announced on Tuesday That most of his assets were acquired by HP for 116 million US dollars. The hardware startup immediately sets the turnover of its AI pencils of 499 US dollars. Humane alarmed customers who have already bought the PIN that their devices will no longer work before the end of the month – at 12 p.m. PST on February 28, 2025, according to A Blog post.
After this date, the company says that its AI pencils are no longer connected to Humane’s servers. The devices cannot be able to call up inquiries/answers or cloud access, to prove it, to make AI queries/answers. Humane recommends Ki -Pin owner to transfer their important photos and data to an external device immediately.
Humane says that on February 28 it will also dissolve its customer service team for the AI PIN.
The news ends the short-lived, Budey Hardware startup. Humane made a sensation of Furore of Start of the Ki -Pinthat positions it as a smartphone exchange. The Bay Area startup, founded by the ex-Apple employees Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, collected more than $ 230 million to create the device.
Humane’s Ai Pin disappointed many early examiners and customers and created a crisis for the company. Humane’s rendits for the AI began at one point last summer The verge. Humane added an insult to the injury and also asked the customer not to use the loading case of the device. Citing battery fire concerns. The company in October lowered the price for its AI pencils by 200 US dollars.
According to a blog post in which the acquisition is announced, HP Humane’s Engineers and product managers acquired. The Humane Team will form the basis for a new group within HP called HP IQ, which it describes as a “KI innovation laboratory with the establishment of an intelligent ecosystem for the products and services of HP for the future of work.”
HP will also acquire some of Humane’s technology, including Cosmos AI’s operating system. Humane has recently shown an advertisement Suggesting the AI operating system could be carried out On the entertainment system of a car, an intelligent speaker, a television and an Android phone. This technology could be used to integrate AI into PCs and printer from HP.
Humane had searched to be acquired between 750 million and 1 billion US dollars at a much higher price in May 2024, according to A Report from Bloomberg.
Humane did not immediately respond to Techcrunch’s request for a comment.
