Hark
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Founders
About
Hark is an AI lab founded in late 2025 by Brett Adcock (also founder of Figure and Archer Aviation), building multimodal foundation models and custom hardware for a personal AI assistant intended as “a universal interface with the digital world” 12. Adcock has said he personally seeded the company with $100M of his own capital before raising external funding 13. The company plans to release its first multimodal models in summer 2026, followed by custom hardware devices 12.
The $700M+ Series A announced May 21, 2026 was led by Parkway Venture Capital at a $6B post-money valuation, with participation from Nvidia, Align Ventures, AMD Ventures, ARK Invest, Brookfield, Greycroft, Intel Capital, Prime Movers Lab, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Tamarack Global 1234.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | Series A | $700M+ (at $6B val) | Parkway Venture Capital | Nvidia, Align Ventures, AMD Ventures, ARK Invest, Brookfield, Greycroft, Intel Capital, Prime Movers Lab, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Tamarack Global 1234 |
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
Abidur Chowdhury, Hark’s director of design and former Apple product executive, said: “I haven’t seen anything that feels like something that will really help the normal person,” regarding existing AI products on the market. 1
Sources
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TechCrunch, “Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive universal AI interface,” May 21, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/hark-raises-700m-series-a-for-its-secretive-universal-ai-interface/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Bloomberg, “AI Hardware Startup Hark Valued at $6 Billion in New Funding Round,” May 21, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/ai-hardware-startup-hark-valued-at-6-billion-in-new-funding-round↩↩↩↩
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BusinessWire, “Hark Raises $700M Series A at a $6B Valuation,” May 21, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260521171628/en/Hark-Raises-$700M-Series-A-at-a-$6B-Valuation↩↩↩
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The Next Web, “Brett Adcock’s AI hardware startup Hark raises $700m at $6bn valuation,” May 21, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://thenextweb.com/news/hark-series-a-funding-adcock-ai-hardware↩↩