# AI Pin

Manufacturer: [Humane](/companies/humane)  
Category: wearable

## Summary

The Humane AI Pin is the canonical failure case in the AI-wearable cohort: a screenless, voice-first wearable pitched as an AI-native smartphone replacement, launched April 2024 at $499 (plus a required $24/month subscription), with a $699 variant. Functional delivery was thin against aggressive AI marketing, and the device depended on Humane's cloud. HP acquired Humane's assets in February 2025 (reported around $116M) and shut the servers down on February 28, 2025, leaving the hardware largely bricked. It is discontinued; there is no current price, and pre-shutdown unit sales were never verified at scale.

## Top line

> AI Pin is discontinued, no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (discontinued): discontinued.
- **Price honesty** (no-price): No price points on file for AI Pin.
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for AI Pin.
- **Real-world use** (commercial): Maturity: commercial. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

_No reviewed price points on file._

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for AI Pin._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for AI Pin._

## 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)

## What's under the hood

_No brain on file for AI Pin._

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the AI Pin actually available for purchase?

Availability status: discontinued.

_Source: [Humane Inc. (founding 2018, Chaudhri + Bongiorno, ex-Apple; ~$230M raised)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Inc.)._

### What does the AI Pin cost?

Not announced.

### Where is the AI Pin being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the AI Pin safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the AI Pin handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for AI Pin.

### Who makes the AI Pin?

AI Pin is made by Humane, based in San Francisco, California, USA.

_Source: [Humane Inc. (founding 2018, Chaudhri + Bongiorno, ex-Apple; ~$230M raised)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Inc.)._

## Manufacturer

- [Humane (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Inc.)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Inc.)

## Compared to

- [Hey Pocket](/consumer/models/hey-pocket)
- [Xiaomi AI Glasses](/consumer/models/xiaomi-ai-glasses)
- [Omi](/consumer/models/omi)

## Sources

1. [Humane's AI Pin is dead; HP buys assets (CosmOS + team) for $116M](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/humanes-ai-pin-is-dead-as-hp-buys-startups-assets-for-116m/)
2. [Humane shutting down; HP buys some assets](https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/humane-ai-pin-shut-down-hp)
3. [HP acquiring parts of Humane for $116M; AI Pin shutting down](https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/hp-humane-deal-ai-pin-shutting-down/)
4. [Humane AI Pin review: not even close ($699 + $24/mo; broken)](https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review)
5. [CPSC recall: AI Pin Charge Case lithium-battery fire hazard (~10,500 units)](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Humane-Recalls-Charge-Case-Accessory-for-Ai-Pin-Due-to-Lithium-Battery-Fire-Hazard)
6. [10,000+ AI Pin chargers recalled (fire hazard)](https://www.fastcompany.com/91220472/humane-ai-pin-recall-chargers)
7. [Humane AI Pin shutdown FAQ (servers off Feb 28 2025; 90-day refund window)](https://support.humane.com/hc/en-us/articles/34243204841997-Ai-Pin-Consumers-FAQ)
8. [Humane Inc. (founding 2018, Chaudhri + Bongiorno, ex-Apple; ~$230M raised)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Inc.)
9. [Humane explores sale weeks after launch (third-party reported)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-22/wearable-ai-startup-humane-is-said-to-explore-potential-sale)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/models/humane-ai-pin_