Based Hardware

Key facts

Product

Omi open-source AI necklace (GPT-4o ambient transcription + memory); $89; MIT-licensed.

Disambiguation

Distinct from Friend (Avi Schiffmann); renamed from 'Friend' after the friend.com domain clash.

Models (1)

• Omiwearable

Supplies to

No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company’s outbound edges.

Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Sources (3)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/omi-a-competitor-to-friend-is-an-ai-wearable-that-can-be-worn-as-a-necklace-or-taped-to-your-head/ ↗
2. https://github.com/BasedHardware/omi ↗
3. https://www.omi.me/pages/product ↗

Common questions

What is Based Hardware?

Open-source AI-wearable company (San Francisco; founder Nik Shevchenko) behind Omi, an open-source AI necklace for ambient recording / 'second brain' transcription + recall.

Where is Based Hardware based?

Based Hardware is based in San Francisco, California, USA.

When was Based Hardware founded?

Based Hardware was founded in 2024.

What does Based Hardware make?

Based Hardware has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Omi (Based Hardware builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Where does Based Hardware operate robots?

Based Hardware is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.