A cinematic lifestyle shot of the minimalist mint green Aura AI pendant resting elegantly on a sleek, dark polished slate table.

About

The journey of Aura began in a shared dorm room, driven by the belief that intelligence should be personal, private, and accessible to all.

Our Mission

To create less socially disruptive technology. To change the behaviors engineered by social media giants over the years, and to change how we live and use the internet.

Our Vision

Create and Operating System for the AI and Human connection .

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Open Hardware. Built for all.

Complete schematic transparency for a community-driven future. Inspect, modify, and build with total freedom.

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Privacy. That's Aura.

Local processing ensures your voice and contextual data never leave your physical orbit. Zero cloud tracking.

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No Subscriptions. Ever.

Owned entirely by you. No recurring fees, no data harvesting gates, no software locks. Free forever.

The Team

A collaborative effort between Computer, Human and Artificial Intelligence researchers.

Soham Datta

Soham Datta

Lead and head researcher

"for the love of personal intelligence"

Laxman Pajai

Laxman Pajai

Design and hardware

"for the love of experience"

Honest Timeline.

June 2025

Designing the Device

Inspiration: Her (2013).
Drew the first ever sketch of the Aura.

July 2025

Raspberry PI Failure

We chose the wrong one.

Dec 2025

Omi & The Open Ecosystem

Discovered smartphones can compute faster.
Explored open ecosystems for AI wearables.

Feb 2026

First Prototype

The aura - aura.
Failed. Tried. Failed.

March 2026

First Ever Recording

Success! Then got too excited and shorted the module. Cost: $20.

April 2026

The Final Hardware + Software

Memories, tasks, chats. It became my friend.

July 2026

OS1 Research

Connecting humans and AI.
Exploring what AI OS can bring to humanity with Edge AI.

2030

Real Humans

Aura helping people.
Getting shaped by experiences, not by tiny screens.

Thanks to
Open Source

Aura is built on the top of Omi AI ecosystem

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