According to a Rabbit representative, the accusation was untrue and the Gama team was honest about the project’s open source.
The artificial intelligence (AI) startup Rabbit stated that it has been open about rebranding and moving into AI, while refuting some of the claims made by YouTube investigator Stephen Findeisen. On May 22, Findeisen, also referred to as “Coffeezilla,” charged that Rabbit had assisted in and was making an effort to hide a nonfungible token (NFT) scam.
The investigator brought up the company’s apparent under-the-radar rebranding from Cyber Manufacture to Rabbit. Findeisen also claimed that Jesse Lyu, the CEO and founder of Rabbit AI, made numerous promises to the people supporting the Gama NFT project but never followed through on them. In addition, the investigator brought up the company’s recently released Rabbit R1 AI product, labelling it as “overhyped,” akin to his description of the NFT project as a “scam.”
A representative for Rabbit asserted in a recent statement that Rabbit and the Gama project were distinct concepts and endeavours operating under the same business. The spokesman claimed to have previously announced that Rabbit was rebranded from Cyber Manufacturing, citing a 2023 tech media story. The representative added that a large number of its staff joined following the rebranding.
They claimed that within a few months following Rabbit’s rebranding, in December 2023, more than 80% of its present workforce was hired. The representative added that when the Gama project was made open-source, it had already come to an end. They declared: “Jesse vehemently refutes Coffeezilla’s accusations that he and the Gama team were not transparent about the project’s open-sourcing, which had investor funding, and his change of emphasis”.
The spokesman went on to say that Lyu is an experienced businessman who has worked on several projects, including Gama. He has spoken extensively about the project in the past, but it was abandoned before he began working on Rabbit. Ultimately, a lot of businesses do change course,” they continued.
Regarding Findeisen’s remarks regarding the Rabbit R1, a representative for the firm stated that they get use cases and user input on a daily basis.
According to the spokesman, within the past thirty days, 10,000 individuals who received the product have generated over 600,000 interactions. The business added that it had launched new features and issued upgrades in the last month in response to user input.