Just a month after launching its much-hyped Ai Pin, a report in Bloomberg says Humane is looking to get acquired. The company is looking to sell for a reported $750 million to $1 billion, which sounds like a lot of money for a startup that just released its first product. The news reflects the weird moment that AI is in right now, where startups, VCs, and giant tech companies alike are all making big bets on it.

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