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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. 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