Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy
Start-up Hark, founded less than a year ago by serial founder Brett Adcock, released its AI personal assistant product called Hark Pro on October 6, 2026. The service offers a free tier alongside a subscription tier for heavy users.
Start-up Hark, founded less than a year ago by serial founder Brett Adcock, released its AI personal assistant product called Hark Pro on October 6, 2026. The service offers a free tier alongside a subscription tier for heavy users. Powered by a foundation model specifically trained for computer use, Hark Pro is designed to operate a user's computer to handle digital tasks and answer questions.
The full-screen software interface features a central chat dialog, a prompt feed, and visual "panels" functioning as mini-dashboards, set against dynamic background imagery reflecting the user's local weather and time. Users can configure the software to access their digital lives, including email, calendars, hard drives, and credit cards.
Hark Pro distinguishes itself by displaying a small window showing how the agent navigates the web to build user trust and aims to be task-related rather than selling ads or collecting data. Head of design Abidhur Chowdhury stated that Hark Pro works end-to-end rather than requiring user intervention.
Additionally, Hark plans to release a novel, AI-native hardware device to support the software in 2027.
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Original publication: 6 October 2026 23:52
