This week it was announced that Humane AI is being purchased by HP for a ludicrous $116 million. I honestly can’t think of another product so over hyped that had such a big flop. On top of that, the founders seemed so incredibly arrogant every video they made, or for the weird commercial wrapped in a Ted Talk they did…
Surely they are refunding everyone who spent $700+ on top of the required monthly cellular plan, right? Haha, no. The support document and FAQ are just a big and clear fuck you to anyone who bought this garbage.
Beyond the fact that this is an incredibly dumb purchase by HP, they are welcome to waste their money however they want, but you shouldn’t be able to launch a company that promises such ambitious goals, completely under delivers, charges customers a fortune, then pulls the rug out from everyone without any refunds all while getting an enormous pay day.
I get that companies don’t survive. If humane was going out of business I would get it. You can’t support the servers if you go under. There is a risk buying in to such early technology. But that’s not what is happening. They all get huge pay days, get to just bounce on their awful failed product, and only the customers who were suckers get screwed on this. Couldn’t use part of the $116 million to give the people their money back, could we? Pretty messed up.
Links -
https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown
https://support.humane.com/hc/en-us/articles/34243204841997-Ai-Pin-Consumers-FAQ