What is Based Hardware?

Based Hardware, company developing open-source hardware and AI devices. Limited public information available.

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).

Is Based Hardware publicly traded?

No. Based Hardware is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Based Hardware?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Based Hardware building in the same form factors include Xiaomi, Baidu, Brilliant Labs, Even Realities.

How can I invest in Based Hardware?

Based Hardware is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

Where is Based Hardware headquartered?

Based Hardware is headquartered in unknown.

Who owns Based Hardware?

Based Hardware is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

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.

Is Based Hardware a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Based Hardware ranks in roughly the top 65% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Based Hardware founded?

Based Hardware was founded in 2024.

Is Based Hardware safe?

Based Hardware has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

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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.

Founder

Nik Shevchenko

Product description

Omi functions as a 'second brain' for transcription and recall via ambient recording.

Company type

Open-source AI-wearable company

Data & sources

Press releases

1

News coverage

1

Web sources

1

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Models (1)

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Current platform

Omi

Omi, by Based Hardware (founder and CEO Nik Shevchenko, a Thiel Fellow, in San Francisco, with about $700,000 raised), is a shipping AI necklace in the ambient-recording 'second brain' category: a small circular orb worn on a neck lanyard that captures conversations and runs them through GPT-4o for ambient transcription in more than 25 languages, auto-summaries and tasks, a searchable memory database, daily recaps, and a Brain Map. It sells for $89 as a consumer unit or about $70 as a dev unit, with a free tier of unlimited on-device transcription plus 1,200 cloud minutes a month and an Omi Unlimited plan from $16 a month, on a hardware-sale-plus-subscription model where the user owns the device. It is one of the few genuinely open-hardware entries in the cohort, with an MIT-licensed GitHub repository of around 12,700 stars containing firmware, mobile and desktop apps, a backend, and open hardware designs, actively maintained into 2026. A disambiguation worth recording: Omi is distinct from Friend, Avi Schiffmann's AI companion pendant already in the registry, since Shevchenko's device was originally also called Friend and was renamed Omi after Schiffmann's competing device acquired the friend.com domain. The AI is genuine cloud functionality rather than veneer. A significant cap-flag applies to the aspirational marketing: CES 2025 headlines describing a brain interface that reads your mind via neural signal are unverified, with TechCrunch explicitly unable to verify the brain interface, the shipping product being audio-only, and the brain-computer-interface module remaining a 2026-2027 roadmap item with no EEG implementation in the open repository, so all neural and mind-reading claims are treated as aspirational.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Based Hardware.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

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Recent coverage

Based Hardware in third-party press

Nvidia's Next Step: 'Robot Brains' and AI Computers That Don't Need the Internet - Inven Global

Jul 16, 2026

Inside NVIDIA Halos for Robotics: A Full-Stack Functional Safety System for Physical AI | NVIDIA Technical Blog - NVIDIA Developer

Jun 22, 2026

Wendy OS: Physical AI for the manufacturing edge in minutes - IoT News

Apr 14, 2026

Peer companies

Xiaomi3 models
Baidu2 models
Brilliant Labs2 models
Even Realities2 models
Hark2 models
Open Bionics2 models

Financial state

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: growth
Counterparty risk class: moderate

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Omi open-source AI pendant
Record createdJun 3, 2026
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Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Based Hardware?: Based Hardware, company developing open-source hardware and AI devices. Limited public information available.
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).
Is Based Hardware publicly traded?: No. Based Hardware is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
Who competes with Based Hardware?: On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Based Hardware building in the same form factors include Xiaomi, Baidu, Brilliant Labs, Even Realities.
How can I invest in Based Hardware?: Based Hardware is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.
Where is Based Hardware headquartered?: Based Hardware is headquartered in unknown.
Who owns Based Hardware?: Based Hardware is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
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.
Is Based Hardware a top robotics company?: On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Based Hardware ranks in roughly the top 65% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was Based Hardware founded?: Based Hardware was founded in 2024.
Is Based Hardware safe?: Based Hardware has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-07

Sources by quality tier

1: secondary-industry-publication; Industry publication
1: code-repository; Code repository
1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

Xiaomi3 models
Baidu2 models
Brilliant Labs2 models
Even Realities2 models
Hark2 models
Open Bionics2 models

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Peer companies

Xiaomi3 models
Baidu2 models
Brilliant Labs2 models
Even Realities2 models
Hark2 models
Open Bionics2 models

Video

400K

Total views

1

Channel

Jul 2, 2026

Last published

Source unverified (1)

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Reality vs attention

Based Hardware draws attention at the 61st percentile but verifies reality at the 47th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap +13.5, 8th widest among wearable robots.

Reality47thpctileverified deployments vs wearable robots

Attention61stpctilemedia + video vs wearable robots

Hype Gap +13.5Emerging

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 65% of Wearable

vs funding peers-8.8 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

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Analysis

Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.

Signal flags

New deploymentRecent press

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

95.0MED

8.0LOW

7.8MED

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

44.044.0HIGH

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

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Last computed: Jul 19, 2026

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