{"id":"43112258-8209-4c9a-8199-d5570a2f2b98","companyId":"dd97b20d-01ca-4e06-889a-8cc48bfeb2e7","modelName":"r1","slug":"rabbit-r1","description":"The Rabbit r1 is a $199 pocket AI companion device (a bright orange handheld designed by Teenage Engineering), unveiled at CES in January 2024 by Rabbit Inc (founder Jesse Lyu, Santa Monica). It was marketed around a 'Large Action Model' (LAM) that would operate apps on the user's behalf; an independent, reproducible investigation showed the device is largely a single Android 13 launcher app, and reviews judged it broadly non-functional at launch. Rabbit self-reported over 100,000 units sold, while The Verge reported only about 5,000 of roughly 100,000 buyers were active at a given time. The company has continued shipping software (teach mode, rabbitOS 2, rabbitOS 2.1 into April 2026), so it remains active, but the marketed capability has not been verifiably realized; the registry records it at pilot maturity (capability-grade) with the commercial-scale distribution captured in keyFacts. Reports of unpaid staff in late 2025/2026 are third-party and company-disputed.","formFactor":"wearable","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Unveiled CES Jan 2024 at $199 (Jesse Lyu, Teenage Engineering design). Pitched a 'Large Action Model' (LAM). Independent investigation (Android Authority) reproducibly showed the device runs a single Android 13 launcher app, contradicting the bespoke-OS/LAM framing."},{"label":"Commercial go-to-market (mixed tiering)","value":"Rabbit self-reported 100,000+ units sold (company claim, unaudited). The Verge reported only ~5,000 of ~100,000 buyers were active at any moment (Sept 2024). So it shipped at retail scale, but verified functional usage and the marketed capability fell well short - hence registry maturity=pilot (capability-grade), with the commercial distribution facts recorded here."},{"label":"Still active (verified)","value":"Rabbit continues shipping software: teach mode (2024), rabbitOS 2 (Sept 2025), rabbitOS 2.1 (Apr 2026), generative UI / agentic features. The product is NOT dead (lifecycleState=active)."},{"label":"Claimed / contested","value":"Late-2025/2026 reports (Tom's Guide) that employees went unpaid for months and a strike began are third-party, employee-sourced, and disputed by the company (which claims a signed financing term sheet). No wire/SEC corroboration. Treat as reported-not-established."},{"label":"Category","value":"AI-native wearable; form_factor=wearable. Canonical capability-claims-vs-verified-execution case alongside Humane AI Pin."}],"design":"bright orange square handheld with scroll wheel + camera; Teenage Engineering design","launch":"unveiled CES January 2024 at $199; no subscription","formFactor":"wearable / pocket AI companion device (handheld)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_r1","title":"Rabbit r1 (Jesse Lyu, Teenage Engineering design, CES 2024, $199, LAM pitch; ~5k of ~100k active per Verge)","sourceName":"Wikipedia"},{"url":"https://www.rabbit.tech/newsroom/quarterly-update-2024-q1","title":"Rabbit claims 100,000+ units sold (company self-report)","sourceName":"Rabbit Inc (official)"},{"url":"https://www.rabbit.tech/updates","title":"rabbit r1 changelog: active development into 2026 (rabbitOS 2.1, Apr 2026)","sourceName":"Rabbit Inc (official)"},{"url":"https://www.engadget.com/rabbit-r1-review-a-199-ai-toy-that-fails-at-almost-everything-161043050.html","title":"Rabbit R1 review: a $199 AI toy that fails at almost everything","sourceName":"Engadget"},{"url":"https://www.androidauthority.com/rabbit-r1-is-an-android-app-3438805/","title":"Rabbit R1 is actually just an Android app (LAM claim debunk, reproducible)","sourceName":"Android Authority"},{"url":"https://www.androidauthority.com/rabbit-r1-android-13-3438954/","title":"Rabbit R1 runs Android 13 under the hood","sourceName":"Android Authority"},{"url":"https://www.rabbit.tech/newsroom/rabbitos-2-launch","title":"rabbitOS 2 overhaul (Sept 2025; generative UI / agentic pivot)","sourceName":"Rabbit Inc (official)"},{"url":"https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/whats-next-for-rabbit-employees-say-they-havent-been-paid-for-months-while-company-teases-new-ai-hardware","title":"Employees say unpaid for months; company teases new hardware (contested, third-party)","sourceName":"Tom's Guide"}],"aliases":["Rabbit r1","r1"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T16:57:24.528Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T16:57:24.528Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/rabbit-r1","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/rabbit-r1","name":"r1","alternateName":["Rabbit r1","r1"],"description":"The Rabbit r1 is a $199 pocket AI companion device (a bright orange handheld designed by Teenage Engineering), unveiled at CES in January 2024 by Rabbit Inc (founder Jesse Lyu, Santa Monica). 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