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Hark Raises $700M in Series A Funding at a $6B Valuation

May 22, 2026 | By Startuprise io

Hark, a San Jose, CA-based AI lab building advanced personalized intelligence, has raised over $700 million in a Series A funding round led by Parkway Venture Capital.

The round also saw participation from NVIDIA, Align Ventures, AMD Ventures, ARK Invest, Brookfield, Greycroft, Intel Capital, Prime Movers Lab, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Tamarack Global. The company is valued at a $6 billion post-money.

The company plans to use the funds to accelerate the development of advanced, personalized intelligence and new hardware that will serve as a universal interface between humans and machines.

Today’s AI mostly works through chat tools and old consumer devices. It doesn’t remember users or use hardware built for natural interaction. Hark is building the next step: AI systems that can interact smoothly with people and the real world.

Instead of focusing on just one part of AI, Hark is building everything from the ground up—foundation models, software, hardware, and new interfaces. This integrated approach aims to create a seamless personal intelligence system that understands needs, reduces mental effort, and operates more like a helpful partner than traditional software.

The company plans to launch its AI models later this summer, allowing early users to try its personal AI platform. After that, Hark will release hardware devices specifically designed for these AI systems, creating a seamless experience where software, models and hardware work together.

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"We're building the AI that everyone deserves, but no one has built yet — one that actually knows you, speaks your language, is highly personalized, and lives on hardware made for you," said Brett Adcock, Founder & CEO of Hark. "This funding helps us put that in people's hands quickly and at scale."

About Hark

Founded by Brett Adcock, Hark is an AI company building advanced multimodal systems and hardware that act as a universal interface between humans and machines. It focuses on creating proactive, personalized AI that can interact using speech, vision and memory.

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