Hark raises $700M Series A for a secretive universal AI interface

Hark's $700M Series A is the kind of round that shows how distorted, and how ambitious, AI funding has become. TechCrunch reports that the company, founded by Figure AI and Archer founder Brett Adcock, is building models and hardware for an AI personal assistant that works as a universal interface to the digital world. Parkway Venture Capital led the round, joined by Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, ARK Invest, Brookfield, Greycroft, Align Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, and others. Hark says it has 70 employees, a data center with Nvidia B200 GPUs, and plans to release its first multimodal models this summer. The risk is obvious: little has been shown publicly. The opportunity is also obvious: if agents become the interface to software, the company that owns the interface can sit above apps, devices, and model providers.

Key details: Hark, $700M Series A, $6B post-money valuation, Brett Adcock, Parkway Venture Capital, Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Intel Capital.

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