Imran Chaudhri is a designer and founder of Humane Inc., a company created with his wife, Bethany Bongiorno. He created user interface and interaction designs for Apple products from 1995 to 2017.Zach Ezer, "Five Things You Might Not Know From 'The Secret History of the iPhone'," Gizmodo, June 22, 2017.
Career Chaudhri was part of the design team that made the original iPhone interface.Brian Merchant, "What is the iPhone? 10 Years In, Its Creators and Chroniclers Explain," Motherboard, June 29, 2017. He co-created the iPhone home screen, complete with its rearrangement functionality.Brian Merchant, "The Secret Origin Story of the iPhone," The Verge, June 13, 2017.Brian Merchant, The One Device, p. 209."Apple Granted 19 Patents Covering the iPhone, iOS, Folder Management, the UI Jiggle Effect & Much More," Patently Apple, April 16, 2013.
Chaudhri was fired by Apple in 2017, a month before he was expected to leave, after sending a departure email.Tripp Mickle, "Inside the dissolution of Apple’s legacy design team" Fast Company, June 15, 2022.Brian Merchant, The One Device, p. 376.
He formed his own technology company, Humane with his wife Bethany, who he met while they both were working on the iPad. In 2025, HP acquired most of the Humane company, along with Chaudhri, who will lead a new team to integrate AI features into HP products.
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