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.

The demise of Humane is perhaps the most predictable tech story of 2025. The company tried to build some buzz around its AI Pin in late 2023, marketing the device as a tiny replacement for smartphones and playing up the fact that Humane’s co-founders were former Apple employees.

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.