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Jason England

The future of AI hardware is no hardware at all — why I think Rabbit and Humane just want to be bought by Apple

Rabbit R1.

Let me be clear — this headline is a tad hyperbolic. “Tech journalist gets spicy in the title” is not the biggest shocker, but the essence of my point is very much there. Not only that, but at the Rabbit R1 launch party, CEO Jesse Lyu kind of kick-started the process. Let me explain.

Rabbit looks set to remain a hardware company for the time being, and as for Humane… Given the reviews, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some crunch talks happening behind the scenes about the company’s future. Being in a small startup myself in the past that vanished in the midst of COVID, I’ve been through those anxiety-ridden meetings myself and my heart goes out to them.

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