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Omi Raises $2M to Build the Future of AI Wearables

January 30th, 2025

Nik Shevchenko, founder of omi

We’re excited to announce that Omi has raised $2 million from Tim Draper, with participation from the Dropbox co-founder, 468 Capital, Embedding VC, and a strong group of angel investors.

 

Omi is building the world’s first AI wearable that enhances your mind, memory, and productivity. We believe AI shouldn’t just live in your phone or computer—it should be always with you, seamlessly integrated into your daily life.

 

But this is just the beginning.

 

With this funding, we’re expanding our team and pushing forward on two major initiatives:
💡 Shipping our next-generation AI wearable—a device that will redefine how we interact with technology.
🧠 Launching a brain-computer interface (BCI) developer kit—giving developers the tools to build mind-controlled AI applications.

 

How We’re Investing This Fundraise

🔹 Hiring the Best People – We’re putting this money directly into bringing on world-class engineers, designers, and builders.
🏆 Hackathons, Contests & Bounties – We believe in the power of open-source, and we’re giving developers real incentives to build on Omi.
🧠 Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) – We’re serious about the future of BCI, and we’re using this round to accelerate development

 

We’re Not Just Hiring—We’re Assembling a Dream Team 💥

Omi moves fast. We build, ship, break things (then fix them), and push boundaries. If you want to work on AI, wearables, and mind-machine interfaces, there’s no better place to be.

We’re looking for:
Flutter developers – AI-powered mobile experiences
Next.js developers – Scalable AI-driven interfaces
Firmware engineers – Future of wearables & BCI
Builders who have launched successful things before – If that’s you, let’s talk.

 

How to Join Omi

🚀 The fastest way? Contribute to our GitHub. Every person we’ve hired so far joined by building first. Pick a task from our bounty list or issues list, submit a pull request, and if it’s great—we’ll hire you.

📩 Built a consumer/hardware startup before? Let’s talk. Email me directly at nik@basedhardware.com

 

Why join now?

  • We just raised $2M and we’re putting it straight into hiring the best people.
  • We are launching our next-gen AI wearable this year.
  • Our developer ecosystem is growing fast—this is your chance to help shape the future.
  • Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are coming. Join now and be part of the revolution.

🔥 This is your chance to work on something that will change how humans interact with AI forever. Let’s build together.

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