Omi in Gurugram, India: a campus talk at SGT University

Event snapshot

• Date: January 16, 2026
• Host: Harshit Khemani, Omi Ambassador
• Location: SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
• Supported by: Atal Community Innovation Center (SGT University)
• Audience: students, with follow-up discussions on use cases and contributions

The theme. the next interface

The talk focused on a shift that is easy to feel, once you see it. Computing is moving from “open an app, type a prompt” toward ambient systems that live in the background, understand context over time, and help you act on what matters.

Harshit introduced Omi as a natural reference point for that shift. Not as another chatbot, but as a platform for memory and context. A second brain that can capture real life and turn it into something useful, like summaries, tasks, follow-ups, and searchable recall.

What students saw. context captured and recalled over time

A key moment in the session was the live demo showing how context can be captured, organized, and recalled later. The idea landed quickly, because it matches how students actually work. Conversations in hallways, project discussions, mentor feedback, and quick decisions during team work. These moments are high value, and they are easy to lose.

Omi turns those moments into a memory layer you can revisit. It is the difference between trying to remember everything and being able to ask for the right detail when you need it.

Why open-source matters

Harshit also explained why Omi being open-source changes who gets to build. It turns Omi from a fixed product into a foundation. Students and developers are not limited to “how the app works today.” They can shape how Omi works for their own lives, their own communities, and their own workflows.

That framing sparked a lot of curiosity, especially from students thinking about building long-term projects, contributing, and learning by shipping.

“Flavors” of Omi. a foundation you can shape

One idea that resonated on campus was the concept of Omi “flavors,” similar to how Linux has Ubuntu, Arch, and other distributions. The point was simple. Omi is not meant to be one fixed experience for everyone.

Instead, it can evolve into different builds that share the same core, but serve different contexts. A student-focused Omi. A founder-focused Omi. A researcher-focused Omi. Same foundation, different priorities, different workflows.

Integrations. where Omi becomes a daily system

Another highlight was the “building layer” on top of Omi. Integrations. Instead of using Omi as a standalone tool, developers can connect it to the places people already live, like Notion, calendars, docs, or even campus systems.

That is when personal context becomes actionable. Not just stored. A conversation can turn into tasks in your workflow tool. A recurring meeting can turn into a reliable follow-up system. A learning session can turn into structured study output you can reuse.

Trust and governance. built for transparency and control

The Q&A also touched on trust, governance, and what responsible ambient computing should look like. Harshit shared the direction clearly. The long-term vision is not only powerful context capture, it is doing it in a way that is transparent, auditable, and built with user control at the center.

He also noted that the team is aiming for compliance across multiple standards, with a roadmap aligned to frameworks like SOC and HIPAA.

What came next. campus use cases and contributing

After the main session, a smaller group stayed back to dig into practical ideas. Campus-specific workflows, personal memory systems, and ways students can start contributing to the ecosystem.

The takeaway from the day was straightforward. Once people understand the shift in how they relate to computing, Omi stops being “a gadget” and starts feeling like the platform you build on.

Thank you, Gurugram

Huge thanks to Harshit Khemani for leading the session, and to Atal Community Innovation Center (SGT University) for supporting a campus conversation about the next interface.