Humane AI Pin disaster: How a $1 Billion dream fell short of expectations

There’s a lot we can learn from the recent events with Humane, and this episode is dedicated to breaking down these events, sharing my perspective on what went wrong, and identifying a potential path forward for the company.

This video is not intended to be a hit piece or to drag the founders, employees, or anyone else involved with Humane.

Instead, I aim to uncover valuable insights we can all apply to future challenges when building our own companies.

In this episode, I cover:

• Where Humane AI went wrong


• What I would do as CEO


• Why the founders deserve empathy


• Learnings from their journey


• What each group involved in Humane is likely feeling (team, founders, board)


• What’s next for Humane

Referenced

• Bethany Bongiorno (co-founder)


• Imran Chaudhri (co-founder)


• Humane (Website)


• The potential buyout (Verge)

Episode timestamps

(00:00) Coming up on the show

(00:30) Everything you need to know about Humane AI in 30s

(01:25) Humane AI’s biggest failure

(02:48) The one thing a company can’t lose

(04:20) What I would do as CEO

(06:09) What’s going on inside Humane AI

(08:52) The only way out of this

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