Human-centric & personal AI · San Jose, US · founded 2026
Hark: who founded it, who funds it
Hark is a San Jose personal AI lab founded in 2026 by Brett Adcock, who came from Figure. What it is building: personalised multimodal AI and bespoke hardware as a new interface to computing; secretive. It has raised $700M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Series A of $700M at a $6B valuation in May 2026, led by Parkway. It has a product on the market.
- Founders
- Brett Adcock (ex-Figure)
- Founders from
- ex-Figure
- Location
- San Jose, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $6B set by the last priced round
- Raised
- $700M disclosed
- Investors
- Parkway lead, Nvidia, AMD, ARK Invest, Brookfield, Intel, Qualcomm, Salesforce Ventures
- What ships
- A privacy-focused AI personal assistant, released 6 Oct 2026.
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Series ARound filled largely by strategics | $700M | $6B | Parkway | newcomer.co |
Sources
- Newcomer on Hark and vendor financing newcomer.co
- Hark releases an AI personal assistant (TechCrunch) techcrunch.com
News
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Oct 6, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026
- Jul 31, 2026
- May 26, 2026
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May 21, 2026
+2 more coverage
- TechCrunch Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive 'universal' AI ...
- Yahoo Finance Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive ‘universal’ AI interface
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Mar 24, 2026
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Dec 18, 2025
Investors who back other labs here
- Nvidia also: Safe Superintelligence, Reflection AI, Skild AI, Poolside
- AMD also: Thinking Machines Lab, World Labs, Recursive Superintelligence, Luma AI
- Salesforce Ventures also: Black Forest Labs
- ARK Invest also: Lila Sciences