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Rabbit Is Back, This Time With an AI Agent App

Rabbit bet wrong on hardware. Now it's betting on your phone.

Reporting by Wired AI 1 min brief
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Why it matters

A failed AI hardware play pivots to cross-platform agent software — a test case for whether agent UX can drive mainstream adoption outside dedicated devices.

The key facts

9 to know

  1. Rabbit launches OS3, a cross-platform AI agent application

  2. Shift from dedicated R1 hardware device to software on existing screens (phones, tablets, desktops)

  3. Two-year pivot: hardware-first strategy abandoned in favor of agent app distribution

  4. CEO Jesse Lyu steering product direction

  5. Rabbit launching OS3, a cross-platform agent app

  6. Product moves from dedicated R1 hardware to screens consumers already own

  7. Two-year repositioning after hardware-first strategy

  8. Agent shipping as a software product, not hardware

  9. Targets phones and desktops as distribution channels

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Publisher excerpt: Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform agent that lives on the screens you already use.
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