New r1 orders globally are now shipping within three business
days
SANTA
MONICA, Calif., Aug. 13,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AI startup rabbit inc.
announced that r1, a first-of-its-kind AI-native device that puts
easy access to the industry's most advanced consumer AI models in
your pocket, is now available across the European Union and the
United Kingdom. In addition,
rabbit announced that all new r1 orders globally will ship within
three business days.
r1 is rabbit's first hardware product and has made waves in the
consumer electronics industry as the best-selling and most-used
native AI device to-date, with more than 100,000 devices sold.
One-third of r1 devices sold to-date have been purchased in
Europe. Customers have discovered
a wide variety of helpful use cases to improve their daily lives
with AI, from deciphering complicated parking and road signs, and
getting important gardening tips using the AI-powered rabbit eye
camera, to translating conversations in real-time and generating
healthy recipe ideas with access to leading large language models
(LLMs).
r1, rabbit OS and rabbithole – a personalized AI agent
experience from end to end
Running on a personalized operating system, r1 is the only
consumer AI device that gives users quick and affordable access to
the leading AI models in one device, including LLMs from ChatGPT,
Perplexity, and Anthropic. Combining custom-built software with
sleek hardware designed in collaboration with renowned design firm
Teenage Engineering, r1 is an on-the-go curiosity catcher, a
journal you write with your voice, an encyclopedia at your
fingertips, a recorder that summarizes your every thought, a pocket
translator, and a reason to bring friends and family together. Each
user can manage their personalized history and supported online
services in rabbithole, the accompanying secure cloud hub and
"brain" of the user's personal AI assistant. Take a look at our use
cases to learn more about how r1 offers a new and useful AI-native
experience.
Commitment to constant improvement for a better user
experience
Since launching r1, rabbit has demonstrated its
community-focused approach to ensure a fast feedback loop between
its consumers and engineers, continuously and rapidly improving and
adding more value to r1 through regular software updates based on
user feedback. The new "beta rabbit" feature, introduced in July,
enables r1 to provide significantly smarter answers to more complex
queries. A number of other key updates have also made r1 more
useful and delightful, including global memory recall, which
personalizes responses in relation to a user's rabbithole journal
content; Wolfram|Alpha integration, which provides users with
increased accuracy in computational queries related to mathematics,
science, technology, society, and culture; and Magic Camera, which
turns photos taken by r1 into creative AI-generated images. While
there are currently some regional limitations in Europe, including availability of certain
connected apps and additional operating languages, the product is
vastly more capable than it was at launch, with new improvements
and features added through regular over-the-air (OTA) and cloud
updates. This cadence will also apply to Europe as the team continues to listen to
feedback and rapidly apply it to the user experience.
"r1 was designed from day one to be a global device, and we want
to deliver it to every corner of the world," said Jesse Lyu, Founder and CEO of rabbit. "We're
very encouraged to see the existing appetite for r1 in Europe already as we pave the way in this new
category of AI-native products."
Built around security from day 1 and constantly becoming
stronger
rabbit designed the architecture of rabbit OS with security and
privacy at the core. "The most important thing we do at rabbit is
earn and protect customer trust. This is something that everyone,
not just the security team, is charged with when they join the
company," said Matt Domko, Head of
Security at rabbit. "We're actively taking steps to consistently
improve our security program on a daily basis."
To keep up with the fast pace of rabbit's software updates and
growing set of consumer use cases, rabbit regularly works with
credible third-party security partners to test the resilience of
its system and ensure consumers' privacy and information security
are effectively protected. Learn more about the company's recent
penetration test in this blog post.
r1 only listens when the user presses the physical push-to-talk
button to interact with the device, and its rotating camera
defaults to a position that physically blocks the lens unless the
user explicitly requests it. rabbit also implemented a
vulnerability disclosure program (VDP) in May to encourage
researchers, developers, and the general public to submit
vulnerabilities in a responsible manner.
rabbit r1 is available today across the entire European Union
(excluding Malta) and can be
purchased at www.rabbit.tech. It costs $199 with no subscription necessary; please refer
to the website for current local prices in the UK and Europe. New orders globally will also be
processed and shipped within three business days.
About rabbit
rabbit inc. is an AI startup developing a personalized operating
system (OS) through a natural language interface and dedicated,
affordable consumer hardware to host the OS. The OS, called rabbit
OS, is capable of understanding complex user intentions, operating
user interfaces, and performing actions on behalf of the user.
The company is headquartered in Santa
Monica, California, and was founded by a group of
researchers, engineers, and repeat entrepreneurs with extensive
experience in shipping AI hardware products and operating
high-performance computing (HPC) clusters to train large AI models.
A two-time Y Combinator alumnus, rabbit's Founder and CEO,
Jesse Lyu, previously founded Raven
Tech, a startup that pioneered conversational AI operating systems.
rabbit raised over $59m in funding to
date from investors including Khosla Ventures, Sound Ventures, and
Synergis Capital.
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