{"id":"aac158f1-5c69-4ff8-9fa8-f6d546c1d84c","companyId":"a3c878b7-ce08-4eee-8459-768acf5a90bb","modelName":"AI Pin","slug":"humane-ai-pin","description":"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.","formFactor":"wearable","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. Cautionary cohort exemplar (commercial product, then discontinued) alongside Limitless (Meta-acquired, hardware ended)."}],"launch":"April 2024 at $499 (plus $24/month subscription); $699 variant","interface":"voice + laser ink projector (hand-projected display); no screen","formFactor":"wearable (screenless voice-first AI pin, magnetic clip)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/humanes-ai-pin-is-dead-as-hp-buys-startups-assets-for-116m/","title":"Humane's AI Pin is dead; HP buys assets (CosmOS + team) for $116M","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/humane-ai-pin-shut-down-hp","title":"Humane shutting down; HP buys some assets","sourceName":"Axios"},{"url":"https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/hp-humane-deal-ai-pin-shutting-down/","title":"HP acquiring parts of Humane for $116M; AI Pin shutting down","sourceName":"Fortune"},{"url":"https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review","title":"Humane AI Pin review: not even close ($699 + $24/mo; broken)","sourceName":"The Verge"},{"url":"https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Humane-Recalls-Charge-Case-Accessory-for-Ai-Pin-Due-to-Lithium-Battery-Fire-Hazard","title":"CPSC recall: AI Pin Charge Case lithium-battery fire hazard (~10,500 units)","sourceName":"U.S. CPSC"},{"url":"https://www.fastcompany.com/91220472/humane-ai-pin-recall-chargers","title":"10,000+ AI Pin chargers recalled (fire hazard)","sourceName":"Fast Company"},{"url":"https://support.humane.com/hc/en-us/articles/34243204841997-Ai-Pin-Consumers-FAQ","title":"Humane AI Pin shutdown FAQ (servers off Feb 28 2025; 90-day refund window)","sourceName":"Humane (official)"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/humanes-ai-pin-is-dead-as-hp-buys-startups-assets-for-116m/","title":"AI Pin bricked Feb 28 2025; returns outpaced sales summer 2024","sourceName":"TechCrunch"}],"aliases":["Humane AI Pin","AI Pin"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T16:57:22.680Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T16:57:22.680Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/humane-ai-pin","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/humane-ai-pin","name":"AI Pin","alternateName":["Humane AI Pin","AI Pin"],"description":"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. 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