Hark, a startup that raised $700 million in Series A funding, has launched Hark Handoff, a browser-based AI agent capable of navigating websites without official APIs to complete tasks like shopping, booking, and research. The agent uses visual data analysis to understand website structures and predict next actions rather than next tokens, though the company acknowledges the demo only showed partial functionality.
Background
Browser-based AI agents are a rapidly growing category, with major players like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic also developing computer-use agents. Hark's approach of predicting next actions rather than next tokens represents a shift in how AI interacts with graphical user interfaces.
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10