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title: "Wired: OnBeep Becomes Orion Labs"
description: "Wired covered OnBeep's rebrand to Orion Labs, framing its wearable Onyx as a real-world Star Trek communicator and a bet on voice-first work."
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slug: "star-trek-communicator-startup-world-powered-by-voice-wired"
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date: "2015-01-21"
url: "https://www.wired.com/2015/01/star-trek-communicator-startup-sets-build-world-powered-voice/"
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excerpt: "Wired covered OnBeep's rebrand to Orion Labs, framing the wearable push-to-talk Onyx as a real-world Star Trek communicator and Jesse Robbins' bet on a world powered by voice for teams that work away from screens."
tags: "Jesse Robbins, Wired, Orion Labs, OnBeep, Voice Communication, Wearable Technology"
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# 'Star Trek Communicator Startup' Sets Out to Build a World Powered by Voice

Wired · January 21, 2015 · Article

Wired covered OnBeep's rebrand to Orion Labs, framing the wearable push-to-talk Onyx as a real-world Star Trek communicator and Jesse Robbins' bet on a world powered by voice for teams that work away from screens.

[Read at Wired](https://www.wired.com/2015/01/star-trek-communicator-startup-sets-build-world-powered-voice/)

## Also Mentioned

[W Wired company](https://www.wired.com)[Orion Labs Pioneering Voice-first communication platform](https://www.orionlabs.io)

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OnBeep

company

## Topics

Jesse Robbins [Wired](/topics/wired/) [Orion Labs](/topics/orion-labs/) [OnBeep](/topics/onbeep/) [Voice Communication](/topics/voice-communication/) [Wearable Technology](/topics/wearable-technology/)

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