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Mar 28Liked by Michael Spencer

I watched the video. This device is interesting, but I think:

Humane’s AI Pin offers a lot more - although at a way higher price, plus a subscription cost, and it seems far too big, goofy looking.

More of these sort of wearables that “hide the OS” are expected and I’m looking forward to seeing the one or ones that really nail features and form factor.

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I wonder how much was spent to develop the AI pin, do you happen to know?

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Mar 29Liked by Michael Spencer

I don't, but with the two founders background and history at Apple I imagine they haven't struggled for backing. Maybe the AI Pin 2 will be less gigantic - size wise and pricing wise :)

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The demo of the AI pin was so bad. Humane has raised a total funding of $241M over 4 rounds. It boggles the mind.

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I posted this as a reply on another note yesterday, but I think it's worth sharing here too:

I think Carl Pei (co-founder of OnePlus and founder of Nothing) has the most viable and promising sounding take. He thinks the smartphone will still be our primary device, but says smartphones need a new metaphor.

"I think it needs to slowly augment away the apps. Today, we’re using some really simple, mindless-scrolling apps, right? What if we wanted to accomplish more complicated tasks like 3D modeling or photo editing, or I don’t know what? It’s actually quite difficult to learn how to use these new apps. Maybe we can just tell the phone what we need to do, and it would use those apps for us without the apps even being visible in the foreground."

And he said this back in August of 2023, when I hadn't heard any other person or company frame things that way. I wrote a little about it here:

https://pjordan.substack.com/p/visionary-words-on-the-primary-device

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Agreed on the demo. It's also hard to get past how huge / clunky the thing looks. I feel like you have to buy special, thicker shirts just to support it - if you're not wearing a jacket every day.

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