Humane

San Francisco, CA Hardware & Devices Acquired

Humane was an AI-focused consumer electronics company founded by ex-Apple designers Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno. The company developed the Humane AI Pin, a wearable voice-operated device positioned as a smartphone alternative, featuring AI-powered ambient computing capabilities. In February 2025, HP acquired most of Humane's assets for $116 million, discontinuing the AI Pin device while integrating the company's AI platform and talent into HP's new HP IQ division.

Acquired

Humane has been acquired

Acquired by HP Inc. Feb 18, 2025 $116M

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2018

Employees

90–110

Total Funding

$230M

4 rounds

Latest Valuation

$0.85B

Mar 8, 2023

Funding

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Total raised $230M across 4 rounds

Last updated 06-25-2026

DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
Mar 8, 2023 Series C TechCrunch $100M $0.85B Kindred Ventures
Sep 1, 2021 Series B Press release $100M $0.9B Tiger Global Management
Sep 25, 2020 Series A Press release $30M $0.15B Sam Altman, Lachy Groom

Valuation Trajectory

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

$200M $500M $1B 2021 2022 2023 Humane

Entry · Series A

$150M

Sep 2020

Humane today

$850M

Mar 2023 · latest mark

Humane multiple

5.7x

valuation uplift since first round

Y-axis is logarithmic. Hollow dots = estimated valuations. Does not represent realized investor returns.

Leadership

  • Imran Chaudhri

    Co-Founder

  • Bethany Bongiorno

    Co-Founder

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Apple

    Consumer electronics and computing platform company with AI-integrated products

  • Meta

    Wearable and AI-powered smart device manufacturer

  • Google

    AI and wearable technology provider

  • Samsung

    Wearable and consumer electronics manufacturer

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