Deployment
AI Pin at San Francisco
The Humane AI Pin was a screenless, voice-first wearable AI device (a magnetic clip with a laser ink projector instead of a display), launched in April 2024 at $499 plus a $24/month subscription. It became the canonical cautionary case for AI-native hardware: launch reviews were severe, a CPSC recall covered roughly 10,500 charge cases for a fire hazard, and Humane began seeking a buyer within weeks. HP acquired Humane's assets (the CosmOS software, patents, and team) for about $116 million in February 2025, and the AI Pin's servers were shut down on February 28 2025, bricking the devices' cloud and cellular features. The registry records it at commercial maturity with lifecycleState=discontinued: it shipped and sold to real customers, then ceased to function. Reported sub-10,000-unit sales are third-party estimates, never disclosed by Humane.
AI Pin by Humane · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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Humane AI Pin: honest-absence on meaningful deployment. Shipped limited units in 2024; product received overwhelmingly negative reviews; company reportedly seeking acquisition in 2025. Aggregate consumer sales only.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-07
- Model
- AI Pin
- Company
- Humane
- Location
- San Francisco
- Status
- operational
- ID
b4e564de-da76-4438-b2de-09046484e298
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-07
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: discontinued
Architectural position
Cohort: wearable
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for AI Pin at San Francisco.Common questions
- What is the AI Pin deployment at San Francisco?
- AI Pin, built by Humane, is recorded as a deployment at San Francisco on the DEPLOY registry. Humane operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates AI Pin at San Francisco?
- Humane, the manufacturer of AI Pin, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the AI Pin deployment at San Francisco?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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