Brett Adcock’s Hark has put its software out twelve months before its first devices. Hark Pro is an agent meant to run household errands and payments on your behalf, via the web or an iOS or Android app, The Next Web reported on 6 October. The base plan costs nothing, and the upgrades are $20 and $100 a month.
Software-first reads two ways. It could be a sensible wedge that builds an audience while the 2027 hardware is finished, or a sign the hardware is running late. The report settles neither. So far the hardware exists only as a description from Hark, with no outside look at a single unit.
It is also only a launch report. It describes no test, gives no user numbers and offers no measure of accuracy. An agent that touches your money is a strong claim, yet the piece says nothing on spending caps or human sign-off. Hark says card details and passwords sit in an encrypted vault it cannot read itself.
Until Hark shows what happens when the agent gets a payment wrong, keep it to errands where a mistake costs little.
The Next Web (thenextweb.com), reported by Darius Popa, published 6 October 2026.
