Asia Tech Wire (Feb 27) -- U.S. tech startup Humane and SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile telecom operator, announced a collaboration in the field of AI on Tuesday.

Under the partnership, SK Telecom will be the exclusive telecom provider of Humane's first wearable device, Ai Pin, in South Korea.

The two companies will also explore licensing Ai Pin's operating system CosmOS.

Former Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno founded Humane in 2019, and released the AI-based hardware product last November.