Robot model
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…
- Manufacturer
- Based Hardware
- Form factor
- wearable
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 4 sources, view all
Key facts
Price
Subscription
Form factor
Sensor suite
Supported languages
Specs
Notes
Specs
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Shipping now
- Price
- $89 (actual sale price)as of 2025-01-08
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jan 8, 2025
Deployments (1)
- Omi at Globaloperational
Based Hardware Omi AI wearable aggregate global deployment.
Omi on the deployment map
Where Omi is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
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
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recorded: $89VerifiedJan 8, 2025
Actual sale price
Deployment-verified media (1)
Omi's (Based Hardware) launch video for its open-source AI pendant. Distinct from the separate 'Friend' pendant company; the software is open-source.
From deployment: Global
Safety record
No incidents on record for Omi.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (4)
Compare Omi
Common questions
- What is 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.
- How much does Omi cost?
- Omi is listed at $89 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
- Is Omi actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Omi is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Omi?
- Omi is made by Based Hardware, based in unknown, founded in 2024.
- Where is Omi deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Omi is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Global.
- Can you buy Omi?
- Omi is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).
- What are alternatives to Omi?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable wearable robots to Omi include AI Pin, AirGo Vision, Bee, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame).
- How does Omi compare to AI Pin?
- Omi and AI Pin (Humane · 1 deployment) are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. Omi has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Omi a top wearable?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Omi ranks in roughly the top 10% of wearable models tracked by the registry.
- What is Omi's maturity stage?
- Omi is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Omi safe?
- Omi 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.
- What is the Omi AI wearable?
- Omi is an AI necklace that captures conversations, creates tasks, reminders, and advice using AI. It generates to-do lists, follow-ups, and smart reminders from real-world conversations. Works on desktop, phone, and as a wearable. Trains to recognize the user's voice.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: wearable
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- code-repository
- Code repository
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Omi.Recent coverage
Omi in third-party press
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Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Omi from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/omi.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/5da80fdb-1f24-4b99-bcac-205516c9dc9e
- Revision history: /models/omi/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/omi
Video
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Reality vs attention
Omi draws attention at the 95th percentile but verifies reality at the 50th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap +44.8, 1st widest among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026