Hours after the acquisition was announced, several Humane employees received job offers. Others were not so lucky.

Humane AI Pin customers have until Feb. 27 to get a refund, while HP plans to stick AI in its printers as it acquires Humane for $116 million.

Humane, which marketed its Ai Pin as the next big thing after smartphones, had raised $240 million from investors, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman. The pin will be discontinued.

The AI Pin was an utter failure. It didn't work well, either. It overheated. It had an extremely awkward, futuristic-yet-gimmicky interface, relying on hand gestures made while simultaneously looking at the pin's "display" as a projected image on your open hand. And its AI wasn't good.

AI space, and one of the most hyped was the Humane AI Pin which launched to much aplomb thanks to the founders’ previous work at Apple. Except, it quickly became clear that — despite raising hundreds of millions of dollars — the company had a battle to persuade

Humane, the company that developed a widely-covered AI pin, is shutting down and selling its assets to HP for $116 million. This sale includes Humane’s CosmOS operating system, more than 300 patents and applications,