This time he went to Toronto, Canada to the technological meeting held on 06/18/2024

Jesse has reappeared, and he does well, since after the latest updates on the Rabbit r1 he has been seen much less active on social networks like X or Discord, and that can be a sign of wear and tear and can also generate distrust.

But it seems that he had simply slowed down the pace of exposure, since just a few days ago it resurfaced again at a technology conference called Collision Conference held in Ontario, Canada, in which he has spoken about the r1.

Rabbit r1 sales

To begin with, we already have a close sales figure, since as he commented at that conference, The Rabbit R1 has sold an incredible 130,000 units. since January when it went on sale after the CES in Las Vegas.

According to verbatim words: «We expected to sell 10,000 units"said Jesse Lyu at the Collision Conference in Toronto. «We now have 130,000 units worldwide«. Which personally I think it's really crazy.

And I say this because, as Jesse comments in the interview, is convinced that we need access to AI without the need for phones or apps. And he is convinced that he is not alone in that: "We didn't create the stir," said. "People are really looking for something new".

First impressions were not all good

As mentioned Forbes, Jesse said that most technology critics received an early version of the R1 product, which led to reviews such as "pretty useless" or "overrated."

I would like to remind Jesse that the critics received the final product that he sold to everyone. No test units or beta, but 100% finished. That it was unfinished is obvious, but it was not an "early version" but a final one.

However, and this is a very positive point, the company is releasing weekly updates and said that "most of the early reviewers' concerns have already been addressed«, although I must add that there is still much to do.

Some examples

Liu shared a specific use case, and it was the San Francisco parking lot, which often has multiple signs with different conditions for different days and times governing when parking is allowed.

He put it to the test with Rabbit Eye pointing to the signs and asked: can I park here?

Another example was a data spreadsheet: we can point to the Rabbit sheet and ask it to transpose columns and rows, or otherwise manipulate the data, and we will receive an email with the result.

About the future of the Rabbit r1

Rabbit's CEO understands that It will take some time for the public to adapt to these types of devices, but he says that, just like the first automobile took much longer to run than a horse, and was also slower, "but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have built cars and continued riding horses".

When asked if he would change anything about the launch of the R1, he said no. Personally, I would have changed some things, especially having had a group of testers prior to launch. It would have saved many mistakes.