rabbit launches intern, a general-purpose AI agent

Remember the bright orange r1 gadget that took over tech feeds last year? rabbit is back, but this time, it is ditching the hardware completely.

rabbit officially launched rabbit intern, a general-purpose AI agent that lives entirely in software. You do not need the r1 pocket device to use it; anyone with a rabbithole account can jump in and get started.

The pitch from founder Jesse Lyu is simple: instead of spending thousands to hire contractors or juggling endless back-and-forth communication, intern gives you the firepower of an entire team for under $100 a month. You head out to lunch, and by the time you are back, a research deck, a functioning website, or an interactive tool is ready to go.

Finished assets, not just raw text

Most AI assistants today leave you with raw markdown that you still have to copy, paste, reformat, and style. rabbit intern is aiming directly at the final presentation layer.

You type a single prompt, and the agent takes over. It figures out whether to dig deep or pull broadly, and then compiles the output into a visually refined deliverable. That includes full websites, research dossiers, slide presentations, spreadsheets, and even playable browser games.

During an invite-only test period that started in April, users churned through tens of thousands of tasks. Early testers showed off real wins: one user enriched a spreadsheet of 35 early-stage startups with LinkedIn profiles and funding data to close a client. Another generated a functional website answering team pain points during a single meeting. One person even built a hand-tracking theremin instrument within an hour.

Task-based billing over token math

rabbit is also picking a fight with the standard AI subscription playbook.

Most agent platforms charge through nebulous credit or token pools, leaving you guessing whether a multi-step task will drain your monthly allowance in two tries. rabbit intern switches to a strict task-based counter.

The standard monthly plan costs $99.99 for 30 tasks, with a limited-time annual tier dropping that to $69.99 a month. If you only have occasional needs, you can grab a pay-as-you-go pack of 3 tasks for $29.99. Every registered rabbithole user gets 3 free tasks to test the waters.

Why it matters

Dropping the hardware requirement is the smartest pivot rabbit could make right now.

The r1 showed that people love the fantasy of an AI agent doing complex chores, but shipping physical gadgets brought brutal manufacturing and latency hurdles. Moving the agent into the browser removes the hardware friction and lets the core automation software sink or swim on its own merits.

For solo operators and small businesses, the promise of end-to-end deliverables without fiddling with slides or website builders is huge. But task-based pricing cuts both ways. At roughly $2.30 to over $3.00 per task on subscription (and nearly $10 a task on the starter pack), a botched generation or misunderstood prompt is an expensive mistake.

Every major AI lab is racing to build autonomous workflows. rabbit is betting that refined visual presentation and turnkey deliverables will help it stand out, but its real test will be reliability when tasks get genuinely messy.