José Benitez Cong
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Restless Soul & Human Capitalist. chief people @Humane . Plause, Google, Nest, Apple (iPod, iPhone, iOS imaging/camera, Acoustics), LSI, RBK, Inc (nvidia).
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Boldness is the reason I took a leap of faith 4 years ago and do not regret it one bit.
I’m not an investor in Humane, but I think it’s a bold attempt to reinvent personal computing for AI, and I can’t wait to get my preorder unit!
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You have no idea the blood, sweat, and tears behind this photo. The sacrifices. I have to go for a walk and manage my emotions (read not let my
@humane
peeps see my “allergies” and swollen eyes 😉) and allow a few minutes to be grateful for my teammates, our investors, our
the first batch of ai pins started to leave the factory this past monday. here’s the first pallet loaded onto the trucks. a big moment that's been in the making for quite some time.
this journey, filled with challenges, learning curves, and perseverance, wouldn't have been
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Steve had one amazing career! Hard to imagine Apple without him! 😳
NEW: Apple’s executive who invented Multi-Touch and Touch ID + was in charge of camera technology, Face ID, health sensors and more, is leaving.
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This was a marvel of a design for its time. I was honored to have helped build the team behind this. I DID gift likely THE only black HiFi in existence to a good friend of mine. I bet that one is likely the only one that survived. Still rock mine for workouts.
iPod Hi-Fi turns 18 🔊
Though you were only ever available for 554 days, you live forever in our hearts (and my shelf).
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I can’t wait for you to learn everything about all the work that our amazing team has put together. It has been a long road and I have loved every second of it.
#LoveHardThings
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We launch. We own the mistakes. We learn. We correct. We grow. We continue to build.
He is right, iphone was not universally accepted until 2011! I left the iphone team in April 2011 because I had worked to fix the last flaw for the original v1, the camera! That year we frog
got a lot of thoughts on the current discussions on the Ai Pin.
as a reviewer, we evaluate a device on the basis of its technical specs, the experience that it delivers, and its total value proposition that encompasses the product as a whole.
marques’ review is nothing short
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Exciting times. A little bit of anxiety sprinkled on it. Can’t believe we are a couple of days from first customers receiving their Ai Pins!
Currently using the
@Humane
AI Pin
It's trying to be an all-in-one hands-free life assistant, that can text people, call people, play music and also perform just about any AI task when you're on the go.
It's VERY interesting...but more importantly...is it actually good? 😅
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Not replacing my phone anytime but this is an easier way to quickly figure out the right fit and get a sense for the restaurant I have never visited before. I fumbled the name slightly but still got me there. Added bonus, my
@humane
ai pin accessories with my sneakers 😉
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It is almost that time of the year! I love internship programs! A well run program can boost the company with new ideas and the energy of those future technologies eager to change the world. The Crew ‘24 is about to arrive and I can’t wait to introduce them to you. This is a
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Incredibly proud of the
@Humane
team! The dream of getting the Ai Pin in customers hands has been in the works for a long, long time. To our customers, Thank You for investing in the future. This is just the start of the
#IntelligenceAge
and I can’t wait for you to experience it
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This is my CEO. I am so proud to work for her and admire her leadership style.
Easy to dismiss
Easy to ignore
Easy to flame
But also easy to listen and engage and learn!
Thank you,
@bella_bongiorno
for always being you!
@enggirlfriend
hi
@enggirlfriend
- thanks for talking about us and sharing your thoughts. i would love to hear more about what bothers you. we built ai pin to help bring a bit more balance to our relationship with the devices in our life -to allow us to access the conveniences of compute but be
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Thrill to be heading to Japan & partnering with SoftBank but even more pumped about CosmOS, don’t sleep on that part about
@Humane
Humane Announces Strategic Partnership with SoftBank to Transform AI Experience in Japan.
humane.com
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I have recorded almost all of my car interactions with the
@humane
Ai Pin. Please note I work there (in case you stumble upon this post & not know me). I am biased, or as I would describe, bullish. I’ve been using it for prob 5+ months and have seen it not work, to barely work,
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Many of you’ve been more than kind & supportive through out the process despite not really knowing what we were really building. It has been a great feeling to see so many kindred spirits pushing our vision for a new path. It is hard, really challenging and you all have helped ❤️
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I am humbled. I am apologetic to our wonderful and supportive community. I am also bullish about getting it fix and the future of the Ai Pin & CosmOS
Hi everyone. We just shared details on our first update for Ai Pin and CosmOS. We've also outlined the major focus areas for continued improvement.
Priority Areas:
- Improving battery life and thermal management
- Reducing response latency
- Fine-tuning accuracy for a smoother
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Not a bad day when Sir
@timberners_lee
predicts everyone will have a personal Ai assistant and names
@Humane
’s Ai Pin as a specific example on
@CNBC
. 🤯 that such true legend is onboard ❤️
Talk about someone who changed the world!!!
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Ai is not a bubble. It is possibly THE last Industrial Revolution. Congrats
@OpenAI
on today’s event.
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WOW! The Love for Ai pin 🤩… Thank you all for the support, one thing to write about it, another to vote with your hard earned cash! Much ❤️!!!
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A
@Humane
colleague digging deep to set the vibes…
#aipin
#goodAi
#intelligenceage
#artificalintelligence
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Nothing like discovering new joys! I love witnessing his excitement while experimenting with new activities. ps I am not a bowler to begin with…
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The feeling of excitement, mixed with nervousness, sprinkled with a bit of tiredness…. Is one hell of a place to be! I’m so glad I un-retired for this. Oh yeah, we should connect on LinkedIn jose_cong
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Lots of work ahead, tons, actually but I am proud of
@humane
and the people behind the incredible Ai Pin & CosmOS. Great show, can’t wait to see what you all do with yours… BULLISH since Day 1 when I retired and still BULLISH despite the hard work!
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Having a little fun. Should I call this one Panda or Dalmatian?
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1/2 I am excited, obviously, by the work we have done at
@Humane
. However, I am equally thrilled for competitors and hope success for all of us. Economies of scale will significantly improve personal compute access to Ai and really deliver on the potential. Such will only happen
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My 4 yo & I went away. Walked to a restaurant at a small tiny community in the 🏔️. I used voice only outside to sense if this would be a good place for my kid. Wanted to test how it would work in a noisy environment 😉, simple! 🤫
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WWDC ‘24 will be a critical moment for Apple. It can’t just be more of the same. I am hoping to see a clear Ai vision from them and showcase the company’s strategy for their future. Excited to see that gets announced.
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Our
@Humane
ai pin truly provides an ambient experience and delivers a unique new way to compute.
@bella_bongiorno
shares how we can use “Ai to amplify the human potential”
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I had a chance to pop into our
@humane
Demos (surprise my calendar allowed it today). YO!!! HELLA 🤩🤯🚀🖤🔥💪🏽🦾
I work with some freaking geniuses!!!
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One of the most talked-about hardware startups is eager to win over critics of its new $699 AI gadget via
@technology
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I can’t emphasize this use case enough! It is one of the biggest inspirations for me, we need to be more present in general but even more so with our young ones. Love that his was shared by my amazing colleague,
@JArnost
!
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Present and in the moment. While watching the halftime show at
#superbowl58
, members of my party inquired about
@Usher
age and hits.
#aipin
was able to share info while still enjoying the show. No second screen distractions! Can’t wait to ship this
@Humane
product
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I am curious about what
@humane
ai pin users will do with
#chatGPT4o
? It is now on your device! Share it here and first 3 that makes eyebrow rise get official employee swag from me. 🤔🤗
#buildingthebeyond
#intelligentage
#ai
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Going with the not absolute perfect hue match but I think it works.
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This is one major engineering feat!
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Happy Birthday, Nest! Despite all the dope shit I’ve done in my career, this day is probably the most memorable! I had to step outside and let out a few tears of joy. It was not easy but the amazing team shipped it! Toast to
@tfadell
and the rest of the team on this anniversary!
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Foggy and light rain makes for a slow and long commute home. Love to be able to catch up with the NFL draft.
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1 of the main reasons I’ve been bullish on
@Humane
since ‘20! I still struggle with my role in bringing the smartphone to fruition as an early member of the iphone team. I hate that a great product had unintended consequences to our attention span. More screens are not the answer
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❤️🦾
We're thrilled to welcome Rubén Caballero to the Humane team as Chief Engineering & Strategy Officer.
Read more on the blog:
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The peeps have been cooking. Get you 1.1.4 bento
1.1.4 update dropped for Ai Pin
steps to get update:
-connect to wifi
-unlock pin (enter passcode)
-leave on chargepad overnight
-win
@heysaik
🔥 bento 🍱
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Remember this video posted this week? Well, car is fixed BUT check out a follow up engagement with the
@Humane
Ai Pin when I asked for an estimated cost down to the labor and parts breakdown
Real life use case, Ai is the future and Ai Pin is a simple yet powerful user
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The ability to have an everything expert a light touch away is mind blowing. It brings me back to my childhood devouring the encyclopedia from A to Z. It could be a light inquiry or one can contextually go deep. Amazing feature but only one of many features. Future is Humane
Met one of
@Humane
’s AI Pin designers today.
She was working on the Apple Vision Pro, but left because she thought it was dystopian.
Instead, she wanted to build a future where we’re staring at screens less and less.
We talked about AI Pin use cases and she said she loves to
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The
@SJSU
Men’s Rugby Club won the CRAA DIVISION 1AA National Bowl Championship! Congrats Spartans! Retweet
@MattMahanSJ
?
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Blown away! 24 hrs ago, we release the first 3 reqs for
@Humane
’s Crew ‘24 Internship program and 2500 applicants have applied! 🤯. In contrast, we had 4K total apps last year in an 6 months period. Amazing talent coming in! Future feels bright 😎. Approving 7 more 😬! LETS GO!
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Lots of work ahead. Harder work ahead but what a moment! Proud of this Fam! Getting the
@Humane
Ai Pin shipped has not been easy, not for one moment, however, this group came together and well factory is already getting packages ready to leave the floor. 🦾
big moment for the
@humane
team! a lot of super hard work went into getting the factory image complete with the CM.
now ready to ship to the first batch of customers! super happy for the gang ❤️
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The team keeps on cooking. This is far from being a one and done. Too much imagination and action happening at our offices. Go
@Humane
and
@lizwandersworld
rocks!
wanted to share a sneak peek of 📆 calendar integration- coming to your
@Humane
Ai Pin so so soon!
I swear I will never be late to a meeting ever again (or i’ll dial in while 🛴ing) 🤟🏻
@BritBoyFromNJ
except to this meeting, oops.
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Do yourself a favor, listen to this, Pure 🔥! Even if just the first 20 mins,
@tfadell
drops knowledge! Best lessons from Tony in my life: how to become a great father: “trust yourself” and how to become a better professional: “never give up”
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This is cool. One of my biggest projects was to build the iPhone camera/imaging team at Apple
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A colleague once said, “think of your life as a book & ask yourself if you are satisfied with how the last chapter will end”. I’m not sure if this will be my last chapter, but it is shaping up to be a great one! Much ❤️
@Humane
this past week! Maybe the best work I’ve ever done!
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Did I get really old? That was a great day, remember this day fondly! Happy bday iPhone. Still remember the first time I got assigned to this in 2004
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When legends drop you an unexpected DM out of the blue and it hits home at a time when it is most needed! I love the tech world! 🙏🏽
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This is why I have been BULLISH all along and it is just the dial-up days but faster cycles of improvements. We blew it last month, we are working hard to play catch up. Wait till 1.1.4… more 🔥 coming!
Holy shit GPT-4o on the Ai Pin is A LOT faster and more accurate and better at responses. Only just scratching the surface of the change
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1 of 1! Great seeing you! Thx for the stroll down memory lane,
#build
is the blueprint for creating amazing teams, developing big ideas, and shipping world changing products/services!
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Excited to speak about “Navigating the Ai Frontier: Strategies, Ethics, and Impact in HR” with
@FredOswald
and
@JimLinkHR
.
Love to share our
@Humane
vision for Ai in People Ops/HR. Maybe, showcase how the Ai Pin has supercharged my work output 🤫.
@SHRM
’s
#TheAi
+HIPROJECT
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WOW! HR Global Day producers just asked me to do a teaser using the Ai Pin! With a 2 minute warning 🤪.
I was able to to introduce myself and tease my presentation using Translation live in stage! Thankfully latency is improving, thank you Ai Services Team! I was able to ask
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Cooking. The platform keeps on keeping.
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One of the most overlooked facts about life at a startup is that ultimately, one has to have the mindset to commit to resiliency for at least 10 years! Without the right mindset, it will feel like a long drawn out journey.
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I hate people who leak product or company secret details. They are selfish and rob the rest of their teammates of an experience introducing a new product. If guilty, I hope they throw the book at this person.
Apple sues former iOS engineer for leaking Journal app, Vision Pro details, and more by
@ChanceHMiller
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This is just the beginning, much more to unlock… 😉
ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak. Rolling out over next two weeks, Plus users will be able to have voice conversations with ChatGPT (iOS & Android) and to include images in conversations (all platforms).
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3 yrs doing the hardest work of my career. 1095 days of astonishing interactions w/ amazing peeps. >~6,Ks hrs witnessing magic. 94,608,000 secs of non-stop challenges, rollercoaster of emotions, euphoria, & anticipation about the future! Can’t wait for more Yrs ahead at
@Humane
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These are great features!
@oskarzhang
and team continue to build. Stay tuned!
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Speaking of retro, THIS was the best form factor. PERIOD! in my opinionated opinion 😜
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Catching up on news & headlines on my commute. This daily habit normally last 5 or so minutes as I go through national, local, international and sports. I tend to dive into more details on topics of interest.
I don’t watch much television, tend to primarily get news through
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Just got out of a meeting with a couple of teammates on our talent experience team. I got shown demos on Ai internal tools we are building to supercharge the candidate experience and optimize our in-person time. What a time to be alive when non-technical members are building
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Happy Birthday, Apple! Incredible to think they are 48! Arguably one of the most important and influential companies in history.
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I am beyond pumped for this! On the go access to my life notifications…
CosmOS will be able to run on more devices - Ai Pin is just an entry point.
@GK3
gives us a first look at what "Catch Me Up" will be able to do in the near future.
(6/14)
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I’ve worked on a lot of world changing hardware in my career. Believe me when I tell you that the
@Humane
ai pin is INSANE in terms of what has been designed & built. Gorgeous, lightweight, and powerful. FTW!
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It is interesting to how voice notes are a major thing in Latin America. There seems to be a higher level of comfort sending and receiving voice notes vs text messaging (and phone calls). I do have to say, it feels more personal than reading a text and less of a hassle to carry
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Our
@Humane
CTO, Patrick Gates, taking the stage at
@microsoft
’s Ignite to discuss the
#AiPin
at their “unlock AI innovation with Azure AI infrastructure” discussion
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First of all, the fact companies are willing to change the conversation should be celebrated. This is the dial up days of this brand new sector. The narrative should not be
@rabbit_hmi
vs
@Humane
, it should be this new industry vs the incumbency. I applaud the r1 and the team
It’s an AI gadget showdown.
Rabbit’s R1 and Humane’s Ai Pin are boldly trying to replace your smartphone. Are they revolutionary products, too-early gimmicks, or somewhere in between?
@anthonyha
unpacks the highs and lows of the two devices in today’s TechCrunch Minute.
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@bella_bongiorno
&
@imranchaudhri
beyond proud of you and grateful for the opportunity to be part of
@Humane
. I look forward to the future but today we pause and enjoy the moment. LFG!!!
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Just wait. Just wait. Contextual compute has changed my daily life. I have turned my least productive time(commute) into a highly productive one. What I get to do with my ai pin is dope!
the future of compute is contextual,
the world as your operating system,
ai doing the heavy lifting so you don’t have to.
this is not a question - this is a fact.
our vision at
@Humane
since 2018 was to build the device and platform for this evolution - because we knew it was
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1/4 To date, we’ve hired 50 people, and yes, most of them with competing offers. Actually, lost a few more to those competing offers. Despite current conditions, hiring at the moment is not easy. My team amplifies our opportunity to attract amazing talent by providing the best
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These next 24 months will bring out amazing startups, exciting new technology, and the next generation of products. Despite the current challenges, I strongly believe in big bold changes this decade. 2020s will be remembered as a life changing period.
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The team keeps building. They just do!
chain is down
gestures are up
don’t use the konami code
coming this summer
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