Deployment
r1 at Santa Monica
The Rabbit R1 is a $199 pocket AI companion device with unlimited AI conversations, translation, and voice recordings. Launched in 2024, it sold approximately 100,000 units but faced mass returns and critical reviews. No subscription required — one-time purchase.
r1 by Rabbit Inc · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Wearable AI
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Rabbit R1 AI companion device: honest-absence on meaningful deployment. Shipped ~100,000 units in 2024 but product widely criticized as non-functional; no sustained user base. Aggregate consumer sales only.
Key facts
- Technology
- Rabbit R1 AI companion wearable
- Scale
- ~100,000 units shipped
- Start
- 2024
- Status
- No sustained user base; product criticized as non-functional
- Use Case
- Aggregate consumer sales only
Exposure
- Customer segment
- consumer
- Scale tier
- commercial 10 99
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Safety record
No incidents on record for r1 at Santa Monica.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Model
- r1
- Company
- Rabbit Inc
- Operator
- Rabbit Inc
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- Scale at site
- 2 to 10 units
- Site environment
- indoor
- Location precision
- verified coordinates
- First seen
- 2024-06-01
- ID
0b35c6f0-01dd-4ef8-96df-3c2d505aa1d5
Timeline
- Jun 2024First recordedr1 first documented operating at Santa Monica.
- Jun 2026created
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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r1 operates in Santa Monica. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: wearable
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Rabbit's launch presentation of the R1, a standalone AI device with a 'Large Action Model.' The action-model capabilities are Rabbit's launch-demo claims, widely criticized as underdelivering at launch.