E1118 Emergency Pod! 2 ex-Apple execs are building an iPhone killer: breaking down the Humane leaks

Check out Humane: https://hu.ma.ne

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Referenced in this episode:

Fast Company Article:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90555755/humane-imran-chaudhri-bethany-bongiorno-funding

Imran Chaudhri's website:

http://imranchaudhri.com/

9to5Mac Article:

https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/12/humane-apple-poaching

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Show notes:

0:00 Jason intros today’s emergency podcast: What is Humane building?

0:36 Humane’s background: What is it? Who are the founders? Why are they important?

3:37 Breaking down the clues: Humane patent excerpts & diagrams

9:49 Clues from the Humane website

11:19 Architecture breakdown from the patent

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14:41 Jason reveals his scoops on Humane’s product - what are they building?

17:14 Breaking down the leaked prototype from Twitter section by section

25:34 Is the product hot or not? Will it be mass-adopted? How will they deal with privacy issues?

27:24 What are Humane’s chances of succeeding as a business? Would Jason have invested in the $30M round?

29:16 Reflecting on other hardware IPOs - Fitbit, GoPro, Peloton

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