{"id":"aac158f1-5c69-4ff8-9fa8-f6d546c1d84c","companyId":"a3c878b7-ce08-4eee-8459-768acf5a90bb","modelName":"AI Pin","slug":"humane-ai-pin","description":"Humane AI Pin was a wearable AI companion device launched at $199, designed as a smartphone alternative. Discontinued in February 2025 after disappointing reviews and low sales (~10K units). Humane sold its assets to HP for $116M. The AI Pin is no longer functional — service was terminated for all buyers.","formFactor":"wearable","industryVertical":null,"environment":null,"maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"discontinued","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Launched Apr 2024 at $499 + $24/mo; screenless, voice-first, laser-projector UI on T-Mobile cellular. Reviews were scathing (The Verge 'not even close'; MKBHD 'worst product I've reviewed... for now'). A CPSC recall covered ~10,500 Charge Cases for a lithium-battery fire hazard."},{"label":"Discontinued (verified)","value":"HP acquired Humane's assets (CosmOS software, patents, team) for ~$116M in February 2025; the AI Pin's servers were shut down Feb 28 2025, bricking cloud/cellular features. A limited 90-day refund window applied. The product is non-functional and no longer sold."},{"label":"Claimed (third-party, not Humane-disclosed)","value":"Industry estimates of under 10,000 units shipped against a reported 100,000 target, and 'returns outpaced sales,' are journalist/analyst figures (Bloomberg/TechCrunch); Humane never published official sales totals."},{"label":"Honest absence","value":"No official Humane sales figures; the support domain itself is decaying post-shutdown. The registry records this as the canonical capability-claim-vs-verified-execution failure case."},{"label":"Category","value":"AI-native wearable; form_factor=wearable. 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