[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"nav-categories":3,"article-figure-ai-founder-brett-adcock-launches-hark-a-new-lab-building-true-personal-agi":70},{"data":4},[5,37,57,64],{"name":6,"slug":7,"categories":8},"Productivity","productivity",[9,13,17,21,25,29,33],{"id":10,"title":11,"slug":12},17,"Branding","branding",{"id":14,"title":15,"slug":16},19,"Marketing","marketing",{"id":18,"title":19,"slug":20},20,"Work","work",{"id":22,"title":23,"slug":24},34,"Community","community",{"id":26,"title":27,"slug":28},21,"For newbies","for-newbies",{"id":30,"title":31,"slug":32},24,"Investment","investment",{"id":34,"title":35,"slug":36},22,"Finance","finance",{"name":38,"slug":39,"categories":40},"Tech","tech",[41,45,49,53],{"id":42,"title":43,"slug":44},28,"Technology","technology",{"id":46,"title":47,"slug":48},32,"Artificial Intelligence","artificial-intelligence",{"id":50,"title":51,"slug":52},26,"Security and protection","security-and-protection",{"id":54,"title":55,"slug":56},31,"YouTube Blog","youtube-blog",{"name":58,"slug":59,"categories":60},"News","news",[61],{"id":62,"title":58,"slug":63},18,"quasanews",{"name":65,"slug":66,"categories":67},"Business","business",[68],{"id":69,"title":65,"slug":66},16,{"post":71,"published_news":95,"popular_news":145,"categories":209},{"title":72,"description":73,"meta_title":72,"meta_description":74,"meta_keywords":75,"text":76,"slug":77,"created_at":78,"publish_at":79,"formatted_created_at":80,"category_id":42,"links":81,"view_type":84,"video_url":85,"views":86,"likes":87,"lang":88,"comments_count":87,"category":89},"Figure AI Founder Brett Adcock Launches Hark: A New Lab Building True Personal AGI","Brett Adcock, the founder of humanoid robotics company Figure AI, has quietly launched his next ambitious venture: Hark, an AI laboratory dedicated to creating the world’s most advanced personal intelligence.","Hark, an AI laboratory dedicated to creating the world’s most advanced personal intelligence.","Adcock is personally funding the effort with significant capital, including plans to fire up a large cluster of Nvidia GPUs in the coming weeks.","\u003Cp>Brett Adcock, the founder of humanoid robotics company \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/projects/figure\">Figure AI\u003C/a>, has quietly launched his next ambitious venture: \u003Ca href=\"https://hark.com/\">\u003Cstrong>Hark\u003C/strong>\u003C/a>, an AI laboratory dedicated to creating the world’s most advanced \u003Cstrong>personal intelligence\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>After eight months in stealth mode, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/figure-ai-founder-s-new-startup-hark-is-latest-to-plan-family-of-ai-devices\">Adcock officially introduced Hark on March 24, 2026\u003C/a>. The company has assembled a powerhouse team of engineers specializing in both software (foundation models, agents, infrastructure) and hardware (consumer electronics and novel interfaces). Adcock is personally funding the effort with significant capital, including plans to fire up a large cluster of Nvidia GPUs in the coming weeks.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Why Current AI Falls Short\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg alt=\"\" class=\"image-align-right\" height=\"298\" src=\"https://quasa.io/storage/photos/00/image - 2026-03-25T212030.364.jpg\" width=\"200\" />Adcock is blunt about the limitations of today’s technology. In his announcement, he stated that existing \u003Ca href=\"https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/ex-apple-designer-launches-hark-to-reimagine-ai-hardware\">\u003Cstrong>LLM chatbots feel incredibly dumb\u003C/strong>\u003C/a> to him, despite years of rapid progress.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>He believes they lack the core qualities needed for genuine AGI:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>Long-term persistent memory;\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>Deep, genuine personalization;\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>The ability to interact naturally with the physical world (listening, speaking, seeing, and acting).\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Cp>Instead of incremental improvements to chat interfaces, Hark is aiming for something far more ambitious: a proactive personal intelligence that can \u003Cstrong>think like you — and sometimes ahead of you\u003C/strong> — to offload cognitive workload and act autonomously on your behalf.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>The Vision: A True Personal AGI Companion\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cimg alt=\"\" class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"372\" src=\"https://quasa.io/storage/photos/00/image - 2026-03-25T212020.994.jpg\" width=\"250\" />According to Hark’s manifesto and Adcock’s statements, the system will:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>Build a rich, evolving understanding of its user;\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>Maintain persistent memory across conversations and tasks;\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>Operate through multi-modal interfaces (speech, vision, text);\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>Eventually influence the physical world through integrated hardware.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Cp>The company is developing \u003Cstrong>bespoke native hardware devices\u003C/strong> and “agentic computers” designed from the ground up for the AGI era — moving beyond phones and laptops that were never built for truly intelligent systems.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Adcock envisions Hark as a universal interface between humans and machines, democratizing advanced super intelligence so people can focus on meaningful work, creativity, and relationships rather than routine cognitive tasks.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Current Status and Next Steps\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg alt=\"\" class=\"image-align-right\" height=\"201\" src=\"https://quasa.io/storage/photos/00/image - 2026-03-25T212027.564.jpg\" width=\"300\" />So far, Hark has not released any working products or demos. The public launch consists of a conceptual manifesto on hark.com and an open waitlist for those interested in following the journey.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>The company is actively hiring across foundation model research, infrastructure, computer-use agents, and hardware engineering. Adcock has emphasized that the team includes some of the best consumer electronics designers from Apple and beyond.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Big updates are promised throughout the year.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg alt=\"\" class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"201\" src=\"https://quasa.io/storage/photos/00/image - 2026-03-25T212022.509.jpg\" width=\"300\" />Also read:\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/tencent-launches-hy-3d-studio-globally-a-game-changer-for-automated-3d-pipelines\">Tencent Launches HY 3D Studio Globally: A Game-Changer for Automated 3D Pipelines\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/goldman-sachs-ai-agents-could-capture-60-of-software-industry-profits-by-2030\">Goldman Sachs: AI Agents Could Capture 60%+ of Software Industry Profits by 2030\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/7-rules-of-balance-to-keep-your-sanity-intact-before-it-flies-away\">7 Rules of Balance to Keep Your Sanity Intact (Before It Flies Away)\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/microdramas-are-rising-like-yeast\">Microdramas Are Rising Like Yeast\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>A Serial Builder’s Next Chapter\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg alt=\"\" class=\"image-align-right\" height=\"223\" src=\"https://quasa.io/storage/photos/00/image - 2026-03-25T212025.713.jpg\" width=\"150\" />After building Figure AI to give robots humanoid bodies and previously founding Archer Aviation and other companies, Adcock is now turning his attention to the digital counterpart: giving intelligence a truly personal, proactive form.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Whether Hark can deliver on its lofty promise of sci-fi-level personal AGI remains to be seen. But with Adcock’s track record, deep funding, and a strong team, the project is already generating significant excitement in the AI community.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>If successful, Hark could redefine what it means to have an AI “assistant” — moving from reactive chatbots to genuine cognitive partners that live alongside us.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>The waitlist is now open at hark.com. 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