
Humane is a platform that creates and sells consumer hardware, software, and services that feel familiar, natural, and humane. The company is dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that is both human and natural-feeling.

Humane is a platform that creates and sells consumer hardware, software, and services that feel familiar, natural, and humane. The company is dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that is both human and natural-feeling.
Founders: Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri (ex-Apple design/engineering duo)
Flagship product: Ai Pin — a screenless wearable 'ambient computing' device (consumer availability April 2024; subscription model)
Funding: Approximately $230M raised (reported March 2023)
Product wind-down: Humane wound down the consumer Ai Pin; devices stopped connecting to Humane servers on Feb 28, 2025
Asset sale: HP acquired most Humane assets for $116M (February 2025)
Ambient computing and alternatives to smartphone-centric interaction models.
Consumer hardware and software
$100M
Reported participation from SoftBank, BOND, Forerunner Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and others.
$100M
Reported participation from SK Networks, LG Technology Ventures, Microsoft, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Tiger Global, Qualcomm Ventures, Sam Altman, and others; total raised reported as $230M to date.
“Backed by prominent strategic and financial investors, including Tiger Global, Kindred Ventures, SoftBank, Microsoft, Qualcomm Ventures, and notable individual investors such as Sam Altman and Marc Benioff.”