The highly anticipated rabbit r1, making a splash at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, has announced its partnership with Perplexity AI. These two companies will join forces to incorporate Perplexity’s advanced technology into the rabbit r1, providing users with quick and accurate responses to their inquiries.
“We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Rabbit: Together, we are introducing real-time, precise answers to Rabbit R1, seamlessly powered by our cutting-edge PPLX online LLM API, free from any knowledge cutoff. Plus, for the first 100,000 Rabbit R1 purchases, we’re…
Perplexity also revealed that the first 100,000 people to purchase the $200 r1 will receive a complimentary one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro.
The rabbit r1, designed by Teenage Engineering, has been catching attention for its AI capabilities, eliminating the need for constantly checking your phone for simple tasks like web searches, playing music, and ordering transportation. Notably, the device does not require a monthly subscription fee.
The device features a 2.88-inch touchscreen, a push-to-talk button, camera, speaker, and two microphones, making it a versatile tool for everyday use.
The r1 has already sold 50,000 units through pre-orders and has now opened pre-orders for the 6th production batch, totaling 50,000 more. Rabbit has ensured that even with the large demand, customers in the EU and UK will receive their device by the end of July, regardless of when they place their order.
The 5th batch of 10,000 rabbit r1 devices has sold out. Pre-orders for the 6th batch, totaling 50,000, are available now at https://twitter.com/rabbit_hmi/status/1234567890 Expected delivery date for the 6th batch is June – July 2024. For all addresses in the EU and UK, batches 1-6 will be shipped by…
To gather information from the web, Perplexity utilizes its own AI model, as well as models from third-party companies such as Google, Mistra, Anthropic, and OpenAI. The tool features a chatbot interface on both web and mobile platforms, allowing users to ask questions in natural language. While it may differ from traditional search engines, Perplexity competes with big names like Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Copilot, as well as You.com in the emergent GenAI search space.
In recent news, Perplexity AI secured an impressive $73.6 million in funding, with a valuation of $520 million. This investment round was led by IVP and included funding from NEA, Databricks Ventures, Nvidia, and notable figures like former Twitter VP Elad Gil, Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke, ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Vercel founder Guillermo Rauch, and Jeff Bezos himself.
