{"id":444140,"date":"2026-01-31T01:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444140\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T01:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:05:12","slug":"rabbits-next-ai-gadget-is-a-cyberdeck-for-vibe-coding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444140\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbit\u2019s Next AI Gadget Is a \u2018Cyberdeck\u2019 for Vibe Coding"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI gadgets<\/a> might be a collective flop so far, but that hasn\u2019t stopped the companies that make them from continuing to try their hand. Rabbit<\/a>, for its part in the AI gadget conversation, is taking another stab. The maker of a small handheld AI gadget called the<\/a> R1 is apparently in the process of designing another piece of AI hardware, but this time around it\u2019s all about the vibes.<\/p>\n

project cyberdeck.<\/p>\n

a dedicated vibe-coding machine.<\/p>\n

signup to stay in the know \ud83d\udc47 pic.twitter.com\/NQ3JbKpz7x<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 rabbit inc. (@rabbit_hmi) January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Cyberdeck<\/a>, as Rabbit is calling it, is another small, seemingly handheld machine that is focused on using AI to code. Unlike the R1, which doesn\u2019t have a keyboard\u2014just a scroll wheel and some buttons\u2014Project Cyberdeck is being envisioned with a keyboard to type with. In Rabbit\u2019s words, the device could be used for stuff like \u201ccommand-line workflow\u201d and will have \u201cnative AI agents\u201d as well as tools like Claude Code, though you\u2019ll apparently be able to choose the models you run.<\/p>\n

Rabbit is specifically calling its machine a \u201ccyberdeck,\u201d which is traditionally a custom mini computer built on a Raspberry Pi, but there\u2019s no word on what\u2019s inside Rabbit\u2019s prospective version. The company does say\u2014and I quote\u2014that it will come with a \u201creally great screen\u201d and a 40% hot-swappable keyboard<\/a>, 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\u2019t seen any indication of a trackpad, so I\u2019m not sure how you\u2019re supposed to interface with it\u2014hopefully not your voice, please God.<\/p>\n

The details, as you can tell, are thin, but I think that\u2019s 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\u2019re \u201cdesigning\u201d Project Cyberdeck, which leads me to believe it doesn\u2019t totally exist yet in a physical sense. It also says that they\u2019re \u201cexploring a portable cyberdeck.\u201d Not the most concrete way to describe a product you plan on selling, but hey, I guess it might gin up interest.<\/p>\n

\"Rabbit\u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo <\/p>\n

Interest from whom, though, I have no idea. As some people in Rabbit\u2019s thread on X have already pointed out, the whole point of \u201cvibe coding,\u201d 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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

If Rabbit is going to make a cyberdeck, I should hope that it\u2019ll do more than just use AI to code stuff, since there\u2019s already a pretty rad and fruitful crop of cyberdecks<\/a> in existence that can do more than just churn out shoddy code. Let\u2019s be honest, though, Rabbit doesn\u2019t have a stellar track record so far. The R1 fell flat<\/a> both in sales and in the estimation of most people who tried to use one, and while it didn\u2019t reach Humane levels of disgrace<\/a>, the company is clearly not doing so hot. This past November, some employees went on strike after Rabbit failed to, um, pay them.<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a businessperson, but I\u2019m 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.<\/p>\n