AI gadgets might be a collective flop so far, but that hasn’t stopped the companies that make them from continuing to try their hand. Rabbit, for its part in the AI gadget conversation, is taking another stab. The maker of a small handheld AI gadget called the R1 is apparently in the process of designing another piece of AI hardware, but this time around it’s all about the vibes.
project cyberdeck.
a dedicated vibe-coding machine.
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Project Cyberdeck, as Rabbit is calling it, is another small, seemingly handheld machine that is focused on using AI to code. Unlike the R1, which doesn’t have a keyboard—just a scroll wheel and some buttons—Project Cyberdeck is being envisioned with a keyboard to type with. In Rabbit’s words, the device could be used for stuff like “command-line workflow” and will have “native AI agents” as well as tools like Claude Code, though you’ll apparently be able to choose the models you run.
Rabbit is specifically calling its machine a “cyberdeck,” which is traditionally a custom mini computer built on a Raspberry Pi, but there’s no word on what’s inside Rabbit’s prospective version. The company does say—and I quote—that it will come with a “really great screen” and a 40% hot-swappable keyboard, which sounds cyberdeck-ish, I guess. Based on the sparse picture Rabbit shared, it looks like Project Cyberdeck folds open clamshell-style, but I haven’t seen any indication of a trackpad, so I’m not sure how you’re supposed to interface with it—hopefully not your voice, please God.
The details, as you can tell, are thin, but I think that’s what Rabbit wants right now. Project Cyberdeck sounds very much like a work in progress, just based on the language that Rabbit is using to describe it. In its thread, Rabbit says they’re “designing” Project Cyberdeck, which leads me to believe it doesn’t totally exist yet in a physical sense. It also says that they’re “exploring a portable cyberdeck.” Not the most concrete way to describe a product you plan on selling, but hey, I guess it might gin up interest.
Interest from whom, though, I have no idea. As some people in Rabbit’s thread on X have already pointed out, the whole point of “vibe coding,” which is AI-speak for using a chatbot to slop up some code for you, is that it can be done simply with a prompt via the cloud. You don’t need a cyberdeck to do that, but maybe someone out there will want a dedicated device for some reason. Raise your hand if you exist.
If Rabbit is going to make a cyberdeck, I should hope that it’ll do more than just use AI to code stuff, since there’s already a pretty rad and fruitful crop of cyberdecks in existence that can do more than just churn out shoddy code. Let’s be honest, though, Rabbit doesn’t have a stellar track record so far. The R1 fell flat both in sales and in the estimation of most people who tried to use one, and while it didn’t reach Humane levels of disgrace, the company is clearly not doing so hot. This past November, some employees went on strike after Rabbit failed to, um, pay them.
I’m not a businessperson, but I’m going to go ahead and say they should probably get that whole paying their workers thing in order first before they start churning out new products.
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