Announced at the end of 2023, the concept of the Ai Pin de Humane caused a lot of ink to flow and very quickly found itself in the spotlight. The object initially aspired to replace the smartphone as we knew it until now. Barely a month after the first shipments of this gadget, Humane would now like to sell its company.
Ai Pin: a failure from launch
It must be said that the first returns did not live up to expectations. What was supposed to be a revolution was a fiasco for Humane, the first journalists to have had the object in hand being unanimous: it is useless and would even be dangerous for the user due to its poor cooling management.
The Ai Pin of Humane © Humane
Faced with the flood of criticism and the general disappointment with the Ai Pin, Humane wanted to sell the ship. Does the company intend to abandon its newborn, the Ai Pin, or take advantage of the know-how of a large group to improve its technology and its product? In any case, Bloomberg reports that the purchase of Humane would require the buyer to pay between $750 million and $1 billion.
If the case of Ai Pin reveals a somewhat excessive enthusiasm among investors for artificial intelligence, it also points to the nascent nature of this market. AI still has a long way to go to prove itself and be accepted by users.