Hark, Secret AI Startup, Hires Apple's iPhone Air Designer Abidur Chowdhury

• Abidur Chowdhury, Apple's iPhone Air designer, has joined the newly formed AI startup Hark.
• Hark, founded by Brett Adcock (CEO of Figure AI), is personally funded with $100 million.
• The startup aims to build "human-centric" AI systems that can think proactively and improve recursively.
• Hark has aggressively hired around 30 engineers from Google, Meta, and Amazon, targeting 100 by mid-year.
• Chowdhury's move signals AI startups are poaching top designers, hinting at a focus on user-facing experiences.

Why It Matters: Secret AI startup Hark, funded by Brett Adcock, has recruited Apple's iPhone Air designer Abidur Chowdhury.