Bethany Bongiorno
@bella_bongiorno
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i joined the iphone team in the fall of 2008, as an iphone software EPM, but was soon asked to lead the software project management efforts for a new device. which i later learned was a tablet...
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(8) when steve held up the ipad, a journalist behind me screamed “OH MY GOD! IT’S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I'VE EVER SEEN!” i got a taste for what "insanely great" felt like. little did i know it would be the first of many moments like this, but it would always be my favorite.
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(4) at one point steve wanted to turn UIKit elements orange. not just any orange, he wanted a particular orange from the button on a certain old sony remote. we got a bunch of remotes from sony with orange buttons to try and find the right one. in the end, steve hated it.
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that morning i woke up and texted my parents... "check the news this morning. now you'll be able to see what i have been working on for so long. i'll be in the 3rd row."
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i posted a version of this on instagram, but posting one here so you can get a sense for how ai mic on ai pin works - let me know what else you’d like to see!
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8 years ago today i sat behind al gore in the yerba buena center as steve showed the ipad off to the world. in honor of those 8 years, i thought i would share 8 memories from my time working on the "magical device".
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@MKBHD
important for us to collect feedback, but definitely not a requirement. tuning this language with the team.
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(2) when the third party developers were brought in a few weeks before the event, they were told they were only flying in for the day for a meeting. when they found out they would be stuck there for weeks, we had to take them to target to get more clothes and other necessities.
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(1) steve carefully chose the le corbusier chair that was used for the event. there was a sea of LC2 armchairs and each was carried out so he could inspect it in the stage lighting. did it have the right coloring? was there wear in the right places? did it have the right sit?
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today is a really big day for
@Humane
, and i'm so proud of the team.
we've been building something for the past 5 years that is very big and ambitious, and also something that people told us was impossible or called vapor. but it's real, and it's really hard.
there is A LOT…
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(5) right before the holiday break in 2009, less than a month before the announcement, steve decided he wanted the ipad to have homescreen wallpaper. an engineer worked through the holidays so steve could see it when we got back. the feature came to the phone in iOS 4.
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(7) steve felt the UI behind scroll views (safari, mail etc.) looked unfinished. he wanted the attention to detail to be carried all the way through, even to parts you wouldn’t always see (“back of the cabinet” argument). so the macOS dashboard linen texture was brought to ipad.
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Thanks, Marques
We agree this was a poorly worded email, and we have fixed that moving forward.
To be clear, providing feedback is not a requirement for refund or cancellation.
The
@Humane
team is heads down building and releasing new updates - and we are eager to give our…
Word on the street is Humane now makes you tell them WHY you're cancelling your order before they'll confirm 🫣
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(3) the third party devs were escorted and monitored at all times. we all signed up for shifts, even on the weekends. they weren’t able to bring their phones into their workroom, or use wifi, and the ipads were hidden in stealth cases so they couldn’t see the ID before the event.
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When you buy your Ai Pin, you receive what we call the Complete System.
This includes Ai Pin, two Battery Boosters, Charge Pad, Charge Case, USB-C Adapter and Cable.
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(6) angry birds was released in dec 2009. a few of us on the team had become addicted and i knew it was going to be pretty big. we wanted it to be shown on stage at the event to demonstrate compatibility mode, but not everyone agreed with us.
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thinking of filming a quick video tomorrow about ai pin & cosmos to answer top questions - let me know what you want us to answer. i promise we will be more lively and energetic than the last one, since apparently folks had feedback on that? 🫠
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designing and building something for a long time and then finally getting to the point where you can use it yourself in your daily life - feeling the excitement building for the day where you will see others using it out in the world - is addictive.
the first time i felt this…
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was wearing my ai pin yesterday and was stopped by someone:
them: oh wow, is that thing real!?
me: what do you mean?
them: that little phone thing you're wearing? i saw it on social media!
me: oh, yes
them: it's not a prototype?
me: no, it's real
them: no. way! when i saw it i…
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it’s been a wild 72 hours ♥️
we are energized by the response to the ai pin.
our vision has remained unchanged since 2018, to build a stand-alone device and entirely new software platform, all from the ground-up for Ai. it was ambitious and infinitely challenging (perhaps…
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Big day for
@Humane
Thank you
@CarolineHydeTV
and
@EdLudlow
for having me on Bloomberg
@technology
this morning to talk about the launch of our Ai Pin and our belief in a future where ambient compute allows you take Ai with you everywhere.
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june 2019,
@imranchaudhri
, patrick gates and brian huppi working on our prototype of ai pin. we built a platform to prototype and iterate on both hardware and software way before we began miniaturization and manufacturing. here they are looking at an early version of the laser…
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contextual compute - where the world around you becomes your operating system - is the future.
this is not a question, it is a fact.
the choice will be - (1) am i holding my phone up, living my life with that as a barrier between me and the world around me, (2) am i wearing…
Exclusive: OpenAI has talked to Snapchat's parent company, which makes smart glasses, about using the AI startup's object-recognition software.
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this is just to answer the question - can you reply to or send a message without talking to your ai pin? yes.
The
@Humane
AI Pin in action. The video is showing
@bella_bongiorno
using the ‘Laser Ink Display’ which is designed to track exclusively to your palm.
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Ai Pin - a phone, contextual computer and software platform - all in one.
Make calls, send messages, take photos, browse the web (ask anything!), listen to music, take notes and recall them, understand what's nearby, speak and understand 50+ languages with Interpreter - all…
The Humane Ai Pin is now available to order:
Orders will be delivered on a first come first served basis, starting early 2024.
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adult sweetness kitkats 🍫
who knew?!
cosmOS vision with ai pin
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it’s impossible to look at this and not think…
this isn’t great.
there has to be a better way?
right?
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four years ago today,
@imranchaudhri
and i launched the
@Humane
website, stating our intentions and values.
since then, we’ve been building, step by step, brick by brick.
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a huge moment for the team at
@Humane
.
being a founder is insanely humbling and there has definitely been a ridiculous number of challenges, failures, and learnings along the way. but we are absolutely celebrating making it to this moment.
i am so proud of the
@Humane
team -…
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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ok, one more thread on what the team at
@Humane
is working on when it comes to video and video stabilization on ai pin - because it's just too good.
being present with your kids, but capturing the moment.
that's what ai pin is about. love this one so much.
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one thing i feel like i've had to say a bunch of times that probably deserves a tweet.
ai pin is not about replacing your smartphone - just like every new computer before it didn't replace the one before it. your smartphone didn't replace your laptop - it created a more focused…
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a stand-alone device.
a phone, contextual computer, and software platform.
built from the ground up for Ai.
Our first device, the Humane Ai Pin, made its debut on the runway last week as part of a collaboration with Paris-based fashion house Coperni at their 2024 Spring Summer show at Paris Fashion Week.
The Humane Ai Pin is an intelligent clothing-based wearable built from the ground…
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now's the time...
Hello.
We sent an email to our early supporters today, inviting them to order Ai Pin starting November 14th at 10AM PT.
General orders start November 16th at 10AM PT.
To be reminded when general orders begin, sign up here:
Please note: Ai Pin is…
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@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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a member of the
@humane
team wore their ai pin to the
@U2
show at the
@SphereVegas
and also to the superbowl, these images and videos are ❤️🔥
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ken
@kocienda
and
@imranchaudhri
get together on saturdays to ideate, craft, and detail experiences for all products at
@Humane
.
sometimes i join at the end to hear what they came up with and talk about building.
the future of compute is wild, bright, and definitely
@Humane
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love these long exposure shots of the laser on ai pin
the magic is real - for sure
there’s something truly wonderful about using a new kind of visual interface — a first of its kind in a consumer device
@Humane
ai pin’s laser ink display is there when you need it and gone when you don’t
had some long exposure fun with
@CollinCornwell
in NYC a few weeks ago
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the team at
@Humane
has been blowing me away with their work on photo and video capture on ai pin. for fun, i wanted to share some progress comparisons 📷📹 to show off just a little glimpse of what they are up to because it's just so incredible🧵
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grateful today for everyone that played a role in creating ai pin and cosmos, and for the journey of building - and now shipping.
i also want to thank every single person that is talking about ai pin and sharing their thoughts and feedback. all of it makes us and the work…
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here is the message i shared on linkedin earlier today:
Hi everyone - I'd like to share few updates from Humane as we prepare for the pivotal milestone of shipping Ai Pin this March.
As we begin this new chapter of Humane, going from stealth to customer facing, we are making…
Humane laid off 4% of employees this week in what was described to them as a cost cutting measure, I'm told. The founding CTO is also leaving.
The startup's $700 AI pin, which is pitched as a smartphone replacement, begins shipping in March
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it was a really busy week for
@Humane
at
#MWC2024
, still buzzing from the energy of it all.
incredibly grateful to our partners at
@SKtelecom
and
@Qualcomm
for showcasing
@Humane
and Ai Pin in their booths this year.
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Building big, ambitious, and hard things takes time. It also takes a lot of collaboration. Like
@imranchaudhri
says, good design comes from good dialogue. Ideas are made better through discussion.
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a phone
contextual computer
and AI platform
all in one
just a small preview of what we are building at
@Humane
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why ai pin?
why not glasses, or a watch, or a necklace, or something you carry (like a smartphone)?
because the true power of a contextual computer is unlocked when the computer can see what you see, hear what you hear, and sense what you sense.
but the hardware also needs…
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Our first updates. The team at
@Humane
is pushing - always committed to constantly improving, quickly and often.
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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love this ai pin video from one of my teammates at
@Humane
🚲🎼
it's super easy to capture moments like this
and i love that the videos also include the music from the pin - the entire memory saved. ♥️
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another quick update - we've heard your feedback and have now enabled gifting for ai pin.
gift cards are now available for purchase on our site.
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the possibilities… 🧠
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based on your feedback, we've added new ways to pay for ai pin.
when you use Shop Pay during checkout, you can now apply for buy now pay later.
also, a quick reminder that priority access to ai pin expires at 11:59pm PT tonight! if you order before then, you'll receive…
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i shared this video with our discord community yesterday afternoon.
it was a pretty special day at
@Humane
.
5 years ago we set out to build a new kind of computer and OS for a future that was app-less and driven by AI.
it's been really hard - like they say, harder than you…
Can you smell that? That's the smell of shipping. and lots of sprinkles.
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over the past few years, we've built an incredibly small but complex piece of hardware.
all to be ready for this moment. the year of ai hardware.
the team put an insane amount of passion, dedication, and care into crafting something that is not only powerful and robust, but…
an inside look at ai pin, as we head to
#CES2024
(sound on)
a ton of technology in a small package. a lot of industry firsts. all beautifully crafted and rigorously tested.
2024 will be the year of ai hardware, and we knew this moment was coming when we started building 5…
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voice driven ambient compute is going to be incredibly powerful and enable incredible things. cannot wait to see what people create.
ChatGPT with voice is now available to all free users. Download the app on your phone and tap the headphones icon to start a conversation.
Sound on 🔊
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team sync
@Humane
every other week the entire company comes together to hear about what is going on across the company. it’s also an opportunity for the team to see & experience the latest & greatest, as colleagues share their work. it’s a special part of our community & process
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@B_nnett
@realanders404
@Humane
our goal was never to solve smartphone addiction or deter phone usage.
it was to build a new contextual compute device and platform to unlock the full capabilities of ai. we are just at the start of what is possible.
contextual queries and operations, building your own ai,…
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🧵Years ago, when we first started building @
@Humane
@imranchaudhri
sketched out the vision for this video. He said "when we begin talking publicly about what we are making, this is how the story will start, & I want to make it w/
@ryanstaake
" an old friend & creative partner
“Change Everything”
A film created by Humane
Watch it on
Directed by Ryan Staake
Music: “Everything” by
@Nas
featuring
@KanyeWest
&
@TheKingDream
, courtesy of
@MassAppeal
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keep building, every day.
agree with
@GK3
love the idea of
@OpenInterpreter
+
@Humane
ai pin. so cool to see things like this come together.
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When you do things from your soul, people feel it
@samsheffer
cares deeply about the human impact of tech & knows what early adopters want
There is no one better to amplify the voice of our community & make sure we get it right
Because in the end, we are building for all of us
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we made this video for our customers, as a guidebook to watch before their pin arrived. people seem to like it, so we wanted to share with everyone.
this was made by our team here at
@Humane
- and stars our teammates. truly a labor of love.
hope you like it!
Ai Pin Video Handbook
In this video you’ll learn how to use Ai Pin, what it can do, Laser Ink, and much more.
Made by the Humane team in SF, with love.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Ai Pin hardware overview
02:22 Wearing Ai Pin
03:31 Ai Mic
06:38 Laser Ink
10:04 Music
12:00 Photos
12:43…
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really enjoyed demoing and talking about ai pin with
@Batteryhq
and the team at
@CNET
- thank you for coming by to see us at MWC 🙏🏼
We get a walk through of the new Humane AI pin at Mobile World Congress 2024 with the company's Co-Founder and CEO Bethany Bongiorno.
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yes, you can use any BT headphones with your ai pin, and it also works with BT in the car - so you can use ai mic to listen to music, browse the web, take and recall notes, send messages, make calls and more on the go.
Really intrigued by this video showcasing the AI Pin. It's still early in its product category, but watching someone naturally ask about a new album and having it play instantly is pretty cool. Can't wait to see where this tech goes. It's a glimpse of the future imo.
@humane
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capturing moments while remaining in the moment.
as a parent (and aunt!), this is something i care deeply about.
being able to look at their face, and not at a screen.
take a photo using voice - "capture this" - or just a gesture on the touchpad.
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want to hear about these chairs?
in sept 2020,
@imranchaudhri
saw these Bouroullec chairs on craigslist for $250/piece. turns out a local biz school had 4 floors of designer furniture & 3 days to get rid of it all. our office was furnished for a few thousand dollars in 1 day!
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this photo was shot by
@samsheffer
and
@CollinCornwell
- unreal!
Today’s total solar eclipse captured in Richford, VT. Things are looking up.
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took this photo of my family with my pin today.
photos and the memories they capture have a different emotion after the fact. because i was present, not experiencing them through a screen.
my 2024 vibe - definitely more of this.
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photos taken on ai pin definitely have a different feeling to them - because you know the person was truly living in and experiencing the moment.
love these
@lizwandersworld
🫶
over new years I took my
@Humane
ai pin on a hiking adventure to the southern tip of Patagonia in Ushuaia, Argentina
absolutely magical to be in the moment with these views while still being able to capture the memory, all while not being distracted by my phone
these photos! 😍
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just welcomed 9 new teammates to Team
@Humane
.
our biggest new teammate Monday yet.
the energy and talent on this team is just 🤯. insane.
this is just a fact.
feeling more grateful and more energized every day.
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people often forget how much hate Apple and iPhone received after launch.
@bshopejr
compiled some great examples in his thread - headlines like:
“Why the iPhone will fail”
“iPhone set to struggle”
“Why the Apple iPhone will fail, and fail badly”
“We predict the iPhone will…
Not that the iPhone revolution was any easier to predict. With a recent options backdating scandal leaving investors nervous (and a global financial crisis around the corner), the skeptics were loud and confident.
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cheetoh wants to make sure everyone was safe today after that incredible eclipse. eyesight check! - taken on ai pin 📍
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very grateful to
@guyraz
and the team at
@HowIBuiltThis
for having
@imranchaudhri
and i on to talk about
@Humane
and the ai pin.
as huge fans of guy and the show, it was a surreal moment.
building for the past 5 years has been a very challenging, rewarding and humbling…
This week on
#HowIBuiltThis
Lab, hear the story of
@imranchaudhri
and
@bella_bongiorno
’s wearable AI pin capable of being your new personal assistant!🤖🦾
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stumbled upon "cameraman and flower" - banksy
captured on my ai pin
recording the beauty of the moment, but perhaps killing it in the process 🥀
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cybertruck selfies with ai pin
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"Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, has been writing about the future of software and the notion of software-enabled personal assistants, what he calls agents, for over 30 years. It’s only now that we’ve reached the enabling technology though advances in AI, that his…
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we are just at the beginning and latency will always improve - but love this speed analysis, ai pin ftw 🫶.
one thing this doesn’t take into account is also the time it takes to get your phone and unlock it.
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love these words. happy birthday sj.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.—Steve Jobs
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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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interpreter on ai pin allows to you speak and understand 50+ languages, all while you stay present and maintain eye contact.
one of the features of ai pin that gets an emotional reaction from people when we show it. they instantly have a situation in their life, whether it be…
Someone is going to invent a device in a few years that does live language translations and it’ll be as popular as the iPhone.
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i feel very lucky to have built and shipped a few things with
@kocienda
. there are very few inventors and builders like him - in the world. he also is the first to say “i have a crazy idea” and “we can build this”. an unbelievable force.
if you are a tech optimist and builder i…
Today, the first public reviews about the Humane Ai Pin are now available for you all to read, In my career, I’ve worked on several 1.0 products you’ve probably used—the first iPhone is chief among them—and so I’ve been through this before. Let me run down some of the thoughts…
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the
@Humane
team is focused, and crushing it ❤️
testing video, vision and notes all at once, in version 1.1.4
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Capturing genuine experiences and not having to live them through a screen.
We hear it allows you to capture moments that you never would have been able to capture otherwise, we hear the whole experience just feels better.
This is something I love about Ai Pin. Allowing the…
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i tell people that there is a learning curve with ai pin - for some it's really fast and for some it takes a bit longer.
that doesn't mean we don't have things we can and need to do better - i promise there is a ton of that.
but i do think using an entirely new kind of…
It seems to me that a lot of reviewers just simply don’t want to deal with a learning curve for a new interface that takes more than 5 seconds to master?
There is a learning curve to using the Ai Pin’s hand gestures to control and navigate Cosmos but it took me 5 days to get…
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naval: keyboards are obsolete
voice first in an ai future
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interpreter on ai pin allows you to speak and understand over 50+ languages - all with a single touch gesture, allowing you to remain in the moment and maintain eye contact.
reading messages and feedback it seems people are very excited about what this means for them personally…
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seriously love the first time reactions to ai pin...🤯
Hard to come out of demo mode after 300+ demos at MWC… I had fun interacting with the locals and showing them Ai Pin
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here is a comparison on ai pin video stability - original on the left, stabilized on the right. insane!
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“I want more of powerful technology, less of clunky shit that requires more of me” -
@imranchaudhri
saturday sessions with
@kocienda
and
@samsheffer
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it's not just about what you build, it's also about who you choose to build with.
relationships are important to us. whether it’s with our teammates, our development partners, our vendors, our soon to be customers, or our investors.
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