In short
- The Omigpt is a portable AI device that is driven by Chatgpt.
- Priced at $ 89, the lightweight device on your wrist or if a chain can be worn.
- Other, more expensive AI paid devices have received bad sales and rough reviews.
Although some companies have pursued pricey, high concept visions of always on ai wearables, a startup in San Francisco gambles on a more affordable alternative: a portable $ 89 called Omigpt.
Omigpt is an open-source wirelessly portable about the size of a silver dollar. Made from lightweight aluminum, it has 64 GB of storage and connects to OpenAi’s chatgpt via an API. The device can be worn on the wrist or as a chain.
Although compact, it offers users a persistent link to chatgpt – conversations and data edited when online and information locally store when offline. Omigpt says that the device is context conscious, which means that it uses sensors and AI to interpret the environment, interactions and questions of a user and respond accordingly.
The road to a Breakout AI device is littered with missteps -from the glitchy humane ai -pin to the overwhelming launch of Rabbit’s R1. Omigpt maker Nik Shevchenko can be carefully entered. Instead of racing to shelves, his team started with developer kits to validate the use of practical before he travels daily consumers.
“We are doing a little differently. First of all we are developer kits,” said Shevchenko Decrypt. “We want to confirm that the device is really useful before it is sent to the consumer. Rabbit and Humane are sent to the consumer immediately – that is the first big difference.”
That cautious rollout reflects a wider trend in Wearable AI, where startups give priority to real-world use above the hype.
Shevchenko announced it Omigpt in March in a message on X (formerly Twitter).
Wearables are a growing part of the technical industry. Companies such as Meta, Rabbit, Bytedance, Cudis and Limitless develop AI-driven devices that offer context conscious help. These devices adapt to the environment, behavior and real -time activity of the wearer to offer personalized support.
The Humane AI -pin, launched in November 2023 for $ 699 as a potential replacement of smartphones, suffered from technical problems and poor sales, which led to the stopping and acquisition of HP from Humane’s assets for $ 116 million in February 2025.
The $ 199 Rabbit R1, a handheld AI assistant, also had a rocky start but improved gradually by frequent software updates, improving functions such as the large action model (LAMic Camera and Generative UI. Yet it remained less capable than regular devices such as tablets and smartphones.
Functions and availability
According to the OMI product page, the OMIGPT can record conversations, set memories, translate speech and simulate the tone of the user. It offers local or cloud storage with privacy controls and is open-source. The company said that pre-orders will be sent in Q2 2025.
“We saw that chatgpt has billions of users, so we thought, why not help to make it better?” Said Shevchenko. “We connected our device directly to GPT. We didn’t even know it was possible – but that’s it.”
Within the Omigpt, a compact system is centered around a custom -made printed circuit board. This board acts as the brain of the device, where components are connected and controls, including the microphone, rechargeable battery, power switch and USB-C charging port. The components are housed in a lightweight 3D-printed housing.
Shevchenko noted that it does not have a speaker, so it is not a need to worry that others hear the answers of chatgpt.
Although Omigpt can function without an active connection, its full possibilities are only unlocked as soon as it connects again. As Shevchenko has explained, the device is most useful when the data synchronizes and processes online.
“It can still record without the internet or your phone in the neighborhood, but you only get real value as soon as it connects again,” said Shevchenko. “Let’s say you have an important conversation – you can save it on the device, and once it’s online again, it will process everything and make it useful. So yes, it needs The internet ultimately, via your phone or WiFi, to actually do its work. “
Shevchenko said that the team does not immediately follow massive adoption – instead they are focused on building something that people want to use. Subsequently, Shevchenko said that the company is working on AI-driven glasses comparable to the AI glasses of Meta. Ambitier includes future OMI plans a functionality of the interface of the brain computer.
“This may sound a bit arrogant, but we are building these products for ourselves,” said Shevchenko. “I started these companies because I really want to use them.”
He added: “If others buy it, great – they experience it too. But that’s not our top priority.”
Published by Andrew Hayward
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