# Based Hardware: company

Canonical ID: `e235f536-2006-4c74-a5fc-945dd14c74e4`

## 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.

- **Slug:** based-hardware
- **Status:** private (~$700K raised)
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, USA

## Models

- [Omi](/models/omi.md) (wearable) (id: `5da80fdb-1f24-4b99-bcac-205516c9dc9e`)

## 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. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. 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

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