First of all, Jony Ive is my hero. His work has inspired me since my teenage years, so much so that I decided to follow his path and create a startup to build dedicated experiences with both hardware and software.
rabbit is one of the first companies exploring the new AI era and thinking deeply about the new definition of human-machine interaction, just like the original Macintosh or iPhone.
It’s an honor to get mentioned by Jony Ive and Sam Altman about rabbit and rabbit r1. However, we don’t like to be put side by side with Humane, a company that stopped trying, got acquired, and shut down.
On the flipside, for a small team like rabbit, we don’t have tremendous resources, $6.4 billion, like Jony and Sam have. We acknowledge that when r1 first rolled out, the experience was rough and we needed to fix the early product issues. The fact is that today we’re still working hard and keep improving the experience. We’ll see what rabbit can offer by 2026.
It’s a great honor that Jony and Sam, both of whom I have a tremendous amount of respect for, decided to join rabbit in this new adventure to create their own product. We welcome all competition, whether it’s from big companies or startups. I believe healthy competition will benefit the end customer. I’m personally very excited to see the next magic that Jony will create, and rabbit will learn a lot from his work.
As a startup with limited resources like rabbit, it will always be a David vs Goliath situation. However, it’s always exciting when Goliath is the legendary Jony Ive.
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