{"id":281678,"date":"2024-05-22T01:09:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T08:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=332789"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:27:52","slug":"humane-the-company-that-was-going-to-revolutionize-the-smartphone-sector-is-looking-for-a-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/humane-the-company-that-was-going-to-revolutionize-the-smartphone-sector-is-looking-for-a-buyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Humane, the company that was going to revolutionize the smartphone sector, is looking for a buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humane, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/what-is-ai-pin-by-humane-this-is-the-technology-that-arrives-after-the-smartphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the startup behind the AI Pin gadget\">the startup behind the AI Pin gadget<\/a>, is already on the hunt for a potential buyer for its business. According to a Bloomberg report, <strong>the company, led by former Apple employees, is &#8220;seeking a price between 750 and 1,000 million dollars&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/47ef1772-2a82-4750-b97a-354b13dbd112\/3647786732\/chatgpt-ChatGPT-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ChatGPT<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the debut of the AI Pin, priced at a whopping $699, it could be difficult to sell it: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-ai-pin-from-humane-hits-the-market-a-failure-in-its-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the device has been heavily criticized\">the device has been heavily criticized<\/a> for its slow response time and a user experience that does not match the concept of a portable and always-on artificial intelligence assistant that its founders promised prior to the device&#8217;s launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The product was presented, at least in part, as a way for people to be more present and reduce their increasing dependence on smartphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is the Humane Ai Pin\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9lNIwOOMVHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI Pin: A powerful idea, a terrible execution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Humane has developed its own operating system, CosmOS, which runs on the AI Pin.<\/strong> It connects to a network of AI models to get answers to voice queries and analyze what the integrated camera points at. For some interactions, the device emits a laser &#8220;screen&#8221; that is projected onto the user&#8217;s palm. A monthly subscription is required to keep the device active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-05-22\/wearable-ai-startup-humane-is-said-to-explore-potential-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"The Bloomberg report\">The Bloomberg report<\/a> indicates that <strong>Humane has raised $230 million from investors including Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI<\/strong>, who is rumored to be developing an unrelated product (in collaboration with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive) that could better showcase the promises of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Humane &#8211; the maker of the Ai Pin &#8211; is trying to sell itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CBb0AdUACm\">https:\/\/t.co\/CBb0AdUACm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mark Gurman (@markgurman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markgurman\/status\/1793086561896263860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Humane was valued at $850 million by investors in 2023<\/strong>, but that was before its first product was universally criticized by industry professionals. There are some innovative and clever ideas, but the AI software is not sufficiently developed and is too inconsistent, and the hardware has shown poor battery life and overheating issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humane has committed to fixing some of these issues with firmware updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/openai-gives-three-big-news-today-at-its-conference-for-chatgpt-and-gpt-4-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Last week, they released the GPT-4o model from OpenAI\">Last week, they released the GPT-4o model from OpenAI<\/a> to further enhance the device&#8217;s intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" 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the price that the startup expects to reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are making great strides in the field of AI, with large-scale language models and an increasingly prevalent generative AI, but<strong> it is not clear how much value Humane&#8217;s intellectual property would actually bring to any of their ongoing efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The startup believes it is worth between 750 and 1,000 million dollars despite the deep software flaws and hardware issues of its first 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