Rabbit’s handheld AI device aims to create a post-smartphone experience

The company’s idea is to go well past the generative output of large language models and instead toward a more agentic AI. Santa Monica-based rabbit debuted the r1, a small personal AI device that operates multiple apps on the user’s behalf to get things done.

It uses a large language model—courtesy of OpenAI—to understand the user’s spoken requests. But rabbit’s idea is to go well past the generative output of LLMs and toward a more active and agentic AI.

The startup’s special sauce is its software, namely a proprietary AI model called the Large Action Model (LAM) that learns to operate the user’s apps on their behalf. For example, a user might tell r1: “Get me an Uber to the office, pick out some pump-up music for the trip, and notify the team I’ll be a little late.” The LAM then interfaces with the relevant apps to fulfill the request.

This device will blow your mind as it is likely to replace your SmartPhone in the near future.

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