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FLOMEM.COM OPEN-SOURCE RECORDING CARD 2026 · SHENZHEN ↔ GLOBAL

Let voice flow
into your Agent
as a native Skill.

/flomem fetch

Your Agent reads, writes, and thinks. Now it can hear. Flomem is a $69 open-source recording card that slips into your wallet and streams audio to your Agent as a native skill. No subscription. No vendor cloud. No lock-in.

$69 EARLY BIRD · Limited to first 500 backers · Launching on Kickstarter
FLOMEM YOUR AGENT'S EARS 4-MIC ARRAY ATS2853 · BLE 5.2 · 8GB · USB-C OPEN · 85.6 × 54 × 4 mm FIG.01 / FLOMEM CARD · CREDIT-CARD FORMAT
4-mic array
Tactile record button
USB-C · BLE 5.2

Your Agent is blind to what you say.
It reads your text. It sees your code. It watches your screen.
But it can't hear your meetings, your voice notes,
your best ideas on a walk — the ones you lose
before you open your laptop.

Three steps.
That's the whole spec.

01
Pair
Pair Flomem with your phone

BLE 5.2 handshake. Relay app runs silently in the background.

30s one-time setup
02
Install skill
Install the Flomem Skill

Works with Claude Code, any Agent with MCP / skill support.

/install flomem
03
Capture
Press the button. Fetch the audio.

One tactile press to start. Your Agent pulls the audio on demand.

/flomem fetch

Four decisions.
No compromises.

/01

Card form factor

85.6 × 54 × 4 mm. The exact footprint of a credit card, thinner than two stacked coins. Slides into the card slot you already carry. No lanyard, no pendant, no orb stuck to your temple with medical tape.

/02

Zero subscription

Pay once. Use forever. No $10/mo transcription tier. No "premium" API quota. Your Agent already has API keys, models, and compute. Flomem just delivers the raw audio — that's it.

/03

Open source, top to bottom

Firmware. Relay App. PC Agent. All on GitHub from day one. Fork it. Self-host the relay. Swap the STT provider. Your Agent's perception belongs to you.

/04

Native Skill, not a workaround

/flomem fetch is a real skill your Agent calls like any other tool. No webhook gymnastics. No "export → upload → prompt" loop. Your Agent decides when to listen back.

You're already
paying for AI twice.

Every "AI recorder" on the market charges you a subscription for transcription and AI — features your Agent already does better. Flomem strips the hardware down to what the silicon actually costs. Ears shouldn't cost more than the brain.

3-year TCO
Hardware
Subscription
Open source
Total (36mo)
Flomem
$69
$0
✓ Full stack
$69
Plaud Note
$159
$10–20/mo
$469–889
Limitless Pendant
$99
$19/mo
$783
Omi
$89
$16/mo managed
✓ Partial
$665

* Based on publicly-listed pricing at time of campaign launch. Omi's subscription is optional (self-host available, but setup is non-trivial).

Why this exists

We use Agents every day.

They read our code. They draft our emails. They ship our side projects.

But every time we had an idea in a meeting, on a call, on a walk — the Agent was deaf.

We didn't want another app with another subscription and another cloud we can't audit. We wanted our Agent to hear what we hear.

So we built it its own ears.

— The Flomem team · Shenzhen · 2026

Spec sheet.
Nothing hidden.

Hardware

Dimensions
85.6 × 54 × 4 mm · credit card
Weight
~22 g
SoC
Actions ATS2853 · BLE audio SoC
Microphone
4-mic array · noise-shaped beamforming
Storage
8 GB eMMC · ≈ 400 hrs compressed
Wireless
Bluetooth LE 5.2
Port
USB-C · data + magnetic charging
Battery
≈ 15 hrs continuous · 7 days standby

Architecture

// primary path Flomem BLE Phone Relay (background) Your Cloud Agent Skill // fallback path Flomem USB-C PC Agent Agent Skill // agent-native commands /flomem start ← begin capture /flomem fetch ← pull latest audio /flomem config ← model, storage, privacy

Everything on GitHub.
Day one.

firmware/

ATS2853 firmware in C. Toolchain, flash scripts, HAL for the mic array and BLE stack. Reflash with a USB-C cable and a stock toolchain.

relay-app/

iOS + Android background relay. React Native + native audio handlers. Swap the destination endpoint; point it at your own server if you want.

agent-skill/

MCP server + reference skill files for Claude Code and OpenClaw. Includes a self-host guide so you can run the whole pipeline on a $5/mo VPS.

Three tiers.
Honest pricing.

Pricing locked in for Kickstarter launch. Early Bird opens first — reserve your slot below to get the link the minute we go live.

Early Bird
$69 once
First 500 backers. Closest we'll ever come to BOM + margin.
  • 1 × Flomem card
  • USB-C cable
  • Quick-start card
  • Lifetime free Relay App
  • Backer-only firmware channel
Reserve early bird →
Pro Bundle
$129 once
For daily carriers. Everything you'd end up buying anyway.
  • 1 × Flomem card
  • Magnetic charging dock
  • Machined-aluminum case
  • Windscreen attachment
  • Lifetime free Relay App
Reserve Pro Bundle →

What happens next.

Apr 2026 · NOW
Kickstarter goes live
DVT hardware validated. Firmware v0.9 tested end-to-end with Claude Code. Campaign open to the public.
Jun 2026
Campaign closes · Tooling unlocked
Final mold released to the factory. First open-source repo public: firmware.
Aug 2026
Pilot run · 100 units to backers
Early Bird tier ships first, bundled with raw log access and a backer-only Discord.
Sep 2026
Relay App + Agent Skill public
iOS + Android relay source on GitHub. MCP server + Claude Code / OpenClaw skill files.
Q4 2026
Full mass production ship
Standard and Pro Bundle tiers delivered globally.

Questions we already
asked ourselves.

How is this different from Omi?+
Omi is a pendant with its own AI plugin ecosystem. Flomem is the opposite: we don't want to be your Agent — we want to be its ears. Card format (wallet, not medical tape), no managed cloud tier, and /flomem fetch is a first-class skill your existing Agent (Claude Code, OpenClaw, whatever) calls natively. If Omi is a wearable assistant, Flomem is a USB mic for your Agent.
Do I need a subscription?+
No. Hardware is one-time. The Relay App is free (and open source). Transcription happens wherever your Agent already runs — your existing API keys, your existing cloud. We make zero money off your audio pipeline.
Does it work without my phone?+
Yes. Flomem records locally to 8 GB eMMC. Offload over BLE to your phone (primary path) or USB-C to your laptop (fallback). If you're off-grid for a week, the audio waits for you.
Which agents does it integrate with?+
Claude Code and OpenClaw on day one via MCP. Anything that speaks MCP will work. Skill files for Cursor, Windsurf, and ChatGPT's desktop app are on the roadmap.
What about privacy and consent?+
Flomem is push-to-record by default. A visible LED is on whenever the mic is active. No always-listening mode ships out of the box (you can build one in firmware — it's open source — but that's on you and local laws). Relay traffic is TLS; endpoint is user-configurable.
Can I self-host the entire pipeline?+
Yes. Point the relay at your own endpoint. Run your own STT (Whisper, Deepgram, local). We'll ship a reference docker-compose on GitHub that runs on a $5/mo VPS.
Who is making this?+
A small team in Shenzhen with 10+ years shipping audio hardware — EEG headsets, smart speakers, kids' audio devices. We've done the boring factory work before. The DVT works. The tooling is drawn. Kickstarter funds mass production, not "if we can build it."

What could go wrong

Schedule. Hardware slips. We've built buffer into Q4 shipping, but global logistics or a PCB revision could push a few weeks.

Agent ecosystem drift. MCP and skill formats are evolving. We'll maintain the skill for the top 3 agents for at least 2 years and keep the source open so the community can fork.

What isn't a risk. Hardware feasibility. The DVT works. We've manufactured similar-complexity audio devices at this exact factory. This is not a "can we build it" project — it's a "can we make enough" project.

Give your Agent
a pair of ears.

Kickstarter campaign launching soon. Drop your email — we'll send you the Early Bird link the minute we go live.

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