How do companies like this get funding? Do they get it before even having a prototype?
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Rabbit: LLM-First Mobile Phone
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Re: Rabbit: LLM-First Mobile Phone
#182So many questions. Is this a YC company? Did they apply? Does anyone know anything about them at all? It just screams scam to me. Who would give them $200 for vapor? [Edit: I have been told the device has been demoed in a comment below, so perhaps it might be real.] Let’s say Apple were to do this. Apple would take years to get it right but when they announced it would be with a date with an accuracy to within a cert…
I was confused and skeptical until I saw Teenage Engineering involvement. They are an all star company that has never come even close to half-assing a product. Their gear and design chops are absolutely ace.
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#183Two things in the keynote that seem faked:
1. at 13:13 there's a demo ordering a ride 'to home', then the user requests a car change to fit six people, and what's shown as a seamless switch from UberX to UberXL also updates the destination from the home address to LAX airport.
2. at 14:05 the device confirms and recites a pizza order, but the screen displays "chesse" with a typo while the voice reads out "cheese", so either the audio or the visuals is faked. My guess is that all of the on-device graphics were hand-written and hand-animated which would explain both mistakes.
I stopped watching at that point. Am sort of sad to see Teenage Engineering associated with a product that seems so sloppy and/or shady.
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#184I see this as less of a competitor to a smartphone, and more of a competitor to a Light Phone [1]. Seems like it might help folks avoid doom-scrolling in a similar way, while providing a higher level of functionality. [1] https://www.thelightphone.com/shop/products/light-phone-ii-b...
Does this thing make calls? I saw "SIM slot" on the landing page but that could be for mobile data only.
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#185I have no idea whatsoever about what this device is doing but I'm pretty sure it should have been just a mobile app
The device offers some nice privacy friendly hardware UI, like a push to talk button or a swivel camera.
Also, being an alternative to the smartphone seems sort of a point of this device.
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#186Hiding the screen during the ticket purchase userflow/UI at 15:20 is laughable.
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#187So many questions. Is this a YC company? Did they apply? Does anyone know anything about them at all? It just screams scam to me. Who would give them $200 for vapor? [Edit: I have been told the device has been demoed in a comment below, so perhaps it might be real.] Let’s say Apple were to do this. Apple would take years to get it right but when they announced it would be with a date with an accuracy to within a cert…
I was confused and skeptical until I saw Teenage Engineering involvement. They are an all star company that has never come even close to half-assing a product. Their gear and design chops are absolutely ace.
That does say a lot for sure. Thanks.
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#188How does this compare to the Humane device?
It appears to be $500 cheaper and is a handheld device rather than one that is worn. It also has a screen.
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#189Giving your credentials to an AI to buy stuff online by scraping a web interface is a perfectly sane and safe idea that won't have any unexpected consequences whatsoever.
In the keynote they claim to not store credentials and seem to imply they're using OAuth.
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#190The pitch video makes me think of General Magic.