Research area
Personal AI startups
Models designed around people, relationships and personal context. We track 3 labs in this area, which have raised $2.28B in disclosed rounds between them; the most valuable is Hark, at $6B.
3labs
$2.28Bdisclosed raised
$10Breported valuations
| Lab | Topic | Location | Founders from | Founded | Last round | Valuation | Raised | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HarkPersonalised multimodal AI and bespoke hardware as a new interface to computing; secretive…site · in | Human-centric & personal AI | San Jose, US | ex-Figure | 2026 | Series A $700MMay 21, 2026 · Parkway | $6B | $700M | Product |
| Humans&A human-centric frontier lab: models that infer intent and long-term preferences and centr…site · x | Human-centric & personal AI | San Francisco, US | ex-xAI, ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Stanford, ex-Anthropic, ex-Meta | 2025 | Seed $480MJan 20, 2026 | $4.48B | $480M | Research only |
| River AIPersonal AI you own and train: an end-to-end stack with an RL training API and on-device h…site · in | Human-centric & personal AI | Palo Alto, US | ex-xAI | 2026 | Seed + Series A $1.1BAug 11, 2026 · General Catalyst, AMP PBC | $5Best. | $1.1B | API |
News
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Oct 7, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026
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Aug 11, 2026
+4 more coverage
- Reuters XAI co-founder's startup River AI raises $1.1 billion to expand custom AI tools
- Business Wire River AI Raises $1.1B Led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC to Build Open AI Stack
- Fenwick & West LLP Fenwick Represents River AI in $1.1B Funding
- Tech Funding News xAI co-founder raises $1.1B for River AI to build an open AI stack
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May 21, 2026
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- 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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