Hark

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Hark is the world’s only platform for sound bites, where users can discover, create, play and share their favorite audio moments anywhere on any device through digital embedding, or via social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Founded in 2007 by David Aronchick and Fouad ElNaggar, Hark is the top ranking independent entertainment website on the Internet (comScore, 2012).

Hark is headquartered in Seattle, Wash. For more information, please visit www.hark.com.

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Location

United States

Employees

11-50

Total raised

$700M

Founded date

2007

Investors 1

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Mentions in press and media 30

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Oct 30, 2026	Hark’s free AI assistant arrives on Mac to tackle the errands you’ve been putting off	Hark for Mac is now available, bringing its free AI assistant to the desktop for anyone whose inbox has become a second job. Founder Brett Adcock announced the release on X, expanding a service that launched earlier this month on the web, i...
Aug 5, 2026	AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff	Hark, the secretive AI startup founded earlier this year by serial entrepreneur and roboticist Brett Adcock, today announced Handoff, a "computer use agent" (CUA) that it says is among the top-performing in the world at navigating...
May 25, 2026	Hark Secures Monumental $700M Series A, Valuing AI Pioneer at $6 Billion	Hark, an ambitious AI laboratory, has announced a staggering $700 million Series A funding round. This landmark investment catapults the company's post-money valuation to an impressive $6 billion. The oversubscribed round saw participa...
May 21, 2026	Hark Raises $700M in Series A Funding at a $6B Valuation	Hark, a San Jose, CA-based AI lab building advanced personalized intelligence, raised over $700m in Series A funding at a $6 billion post-money valuation. The round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, Align V...
Mar 27, 2025	Hark Announced the Launch of Hark Insights	Hark, the leader in video and audio-driven customer feedback, announced the launch of Hark Insights, an AI-powered platform that transforms raw feedback into clear, actionable customer stories. By surfacing key themes instantly, Hark Insigh...
Oct 17, 2013	Hark hits the wall: Corporate records list ‘void’ status, co-founder now at Amazon	David Aronchick The story of Hark — a Seattle startup that was attempting to build the YouTube of audio clips and once claimed more than 45 million unique visitors — is a strange one. As we reported back in July, most of the audio clips, in...
Jul 1, 2013	What’s up with Hark? Audio clip site goes radio silent as core content disappears	Something is going on at Hark. The Seattle startup, known for its huge repository of sound bites, from classic movie quotes to historic speeches, laid off staffers last month. Its Twitter account has gone dark. And the site has removed seve...
May 31, 2013	Lawsuit Over Who Gets Starbucks Tips	I imagine Mr. Pink doesn’t tip at Starbucks. Hell, I don’t “tip” at Starbucks. Occasionally, I don’t feel like having 30 cents clanging around in my pocket all day, so I throw it in the tip jar. But there’s only so much I can pay for a cup ...
Apr 3, 2013	Recruiting developers: Perspectives from the startup front lines	Photo: Brenda Gottsabend Recruiting developers to a startup is hard. The market is tight. That’s compounded by the fact that it takes a special type of developer to work at a startup — someone who is comfortable with uncertainty and ambigui...
Apr 1, 2013	April Fools 2013: The Ultimate Round-Up	Happy April First, errybody! Yes, that’s right, we’ve reached that special, inimitable time of year. April Fools Day 2013. At TechCrunch, we have a long history of taking April Fools seriously. Deadly, deadly seriously. So, we’ve taken it u...
Oct 23, 2012	Horses and Bayonets: The top 10 sound bites from the Barack Obama-Mitt Romney debate	Last night’s final presidential debate produced some of the best zingers of the campaign, with President Barack Obama sounding off about “horses and bayonets” and former Governor Mitt Romney proclaiming that he likes “American cars.” Tracki...
Jun 21, 2012	Now Hear This: Hark Racks Up Hollywood Success (and Profits)	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints From its earliest days, sound-sharing website Hark.com had its sights set on Hollywood. And these days, the Seattle-based startup is hitting the mark—it’s profitable, counts a...
Jun 7, 2012	Hark Strikes A Deal With Universal To Bring Your Favorite Movie Sound Bites Online	Hark, the online repository for audio clips, is getting more studio content Thursday, with a deal that will bring sound bites from Universal’s film library online. Hark will get access to about 100 Universal films, which it will cut up into...
May 8, 2012	The Founders’ Promise: Put your money where your angst is	Will you take the Founders' Promise? Photo via Bigstock “There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organiz...
Apr 11, 2012	Get to the Good Part: Hacker Invents a Way to Search Netflix For Nudity, Calls It BateFlix	Remember that scene in Knocked Up when Katherine Heigl helps Seth Rogen out with the Mr. Skin ripoff and starts yelling, “Boobs and bush! Boobs and bush!”? This is better. According to VentureBeat, some anonymous hacker decided to teach him...
Apr 4, 2012	Hark inks deal to access movie audio clips from Warner Bros.	David Aronchick Hark CEO David Aronchick recently disclosed that the company — essentially a YouTube of audio clips — topped 50 million monthly visitors. It was a significant milestone, but Aronchick isn’t stopping there. The Seattle entrep...
Mar 2, 2012	Hark tops 50 million visits as listeners tune in to audio clips of Obama and Whitney Houston	YouTube may be the king of online video. But Seattle upstart Hark is making a play to become the top destination for audio clips, including more than three million funny movie clips; offbeat TV quotes; poorly delivered political speeches an...
Nov 11, 2011	Meet Wavii: The world’s longest-running stealth startup?	Over the course of the past few weeks, a couple people in the Seattle startup community have independently asked me the same question: Whatever happened to Wavii? I first discovered the Adrian Aoun-led company back in July of 2010 — writing...
Nov 7, 2011	Hark Sounds Off: 1 Billion Listens, and a Quietly Profitable Company	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Updated 11/11 with clarification What does 1 billion sound like? At Seattle startup Hark, it’s this clip of Harry Potter deploying the “expelliarmus” spell to disarm an enemy....
Nov 7, 2011	Hark’s milestone: One billion fart noises, movie clips and other sounds	David Aronchick has heard his fair share of fart noises, movie quotes and classic TV one-liners over the years. And as the CEO of Hark — a Seattle startup that is best described as a YouTube of sound clips — Aronchick never really tires of ...
Sep 16, 2011	A Day in the Life of the San Francisco Tech Community	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints My job is pretty cool. I get to spend time picking the brains of some of the planet’s smartest and most successful entrepreneurs—and invariably, I’m asking them to talk about ...
Jun 24, 2011	Hark brings images to famous movie quotes, continues to build audio clip library	Hark, the Seattle startup formerly known as Entertonement, is expanding its library of audio clips to incorporate images from famous movie clips. The company also is rolling out a new way for users to quickly browse through special collecti...
Jun 23, 2011	Hark’s New “Curated Collection”	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Seattle’s Hark, an entertainment website that lets users search, play and share audio snippets from movies, TV shows and other pop culture sources, is showing off a new design...
May 3, 2011	The beauty of being lean: Tips and tricks from entrepreneurs	Tony Wright, left, Joe Heitzeberg and Mike Koss Everyone wants to be lean. Not thin, trim or slender, just lean. The lean startup movement — heralded by author Eric Ries — operates on the premise that entrepreneurs are far better off when t...
Apr 5, 2011	The art of the name change: David Aronchick explains the switch from Entertonement to Hark	David Aronchick David Aronchick has one piece of advice for entrepreneurs when considering a new business moniker: “don’t name a company around a stupid pun that you come up with while joking around with your buddies.” That’s what led to En...
Sep 15, 2009	TC50: Hark! Launches A Plugin To Bring Real-Time Sharing To Your Browser	Hark, a new startup that’s launching today at TechCrunch50, is looking to help friends share media and webpages with each other with as little friction as possible. The company offers a browser plugin that makes it easy to share links with ...
Sep 15, 2009	TC50: Hark! lets friends web browse, share links together	Hark! is browsing platform that allows many people to surf the web together. The company launched at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco today. Instead of sharing a link by copying and pasting it into Twitter or Facebook, Hark! let...
Sep 15, 2009	TC50: Hark! lets friends web browse, share links together	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Hark! is browsing platform that allows many peopl...
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FAQ about Hark

When was Hark founded?

Hark was founded in 2007.

How much funding has Hark raised?

Hark has raised $700M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about Hark?

Parsers VC has collected 30 articles mentioning Hark, among them “Hark’s free AI assistant arrives on Mac to tackle the errands you’ve been putting off” (Oct 30, 2026) and “AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff” (Aug 5, 2026).

Is Hark still active?

Yes, Hark is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 30, 2026.