Brett Adcock

The University of Florida’s profile records Adcock’s birth in Moweaqua, Illinois, and upbringing on a third-generation family farm. He graduated as a valedictorian from Central A&M High School and began software ventures as a teenager.⁠[3]

Adcock initially studied industrial engineering at the University of Florida, then moved to its Warrington College of Business, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2008.⁠[3]

Adcock co-founded Vettery with Adam Goldstein. Acquirer Adecco dates the platform’s launch to 2014. It used data and machine learning to connect employers with candidates in technology, sales and finance.⁠[4]

In 2018 Adcock co-founded Archer Aviation, developing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for urban air mobility. He served as co-chief executive alongside Goldstein.⁠[3][5]

Adecco announced its acquisition of Vettery, stating that Adcock and Goldstein would continue to lead the business. The announcement did not disclose transaction terms; Adcock’s later personal biography gives a $110 million sale price.⁠[4][6]

After its merger transaction with Atlas Crest, Archer began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under ACHR. The company reported approximately $857.6 million in gross proceeds, including a $600 million PIPE financing.⁠[5]

Adcock founded Figure in 2022. In March 2023 the company emerged from stealth and presented the Figure 01 project, aimed at general-purpose humanoid robots for work such as warehousing and manufacturing.⁠[1]

Archer’s SEC filings establish that Adcock’s service as co-chief executive ended on April 13, with Adam Goldstein becoming sole CEO. A subsequent filing confirms Adcock’s resignation from the board, effective May 9.⁠[7][8]

His personal biography dates Cover’s founding to 2023. The company develops concealed-weapon scanners and states that in 2024 it licensed active terahertz imaging-radar intellectual property from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its school-security technology.⁠[6][9]

Figure announced $675 million in funding at a $2.6 billion valuation, with investors including MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft is a technology company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, with businesses spanning Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, gaming and devices.Open the full entry, the OpenAI Startup Fund, NVIDIA and Jeff Bezos. It also announced an OpenAI research collaboration and use of Microsoft Azure.⁠[10]

Adcock was included in TIMETIMETIME is an American newsmagazine and media brand founded by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden, which published its first issue on March 3, 1923; it is headquartered in New York and known for its Person of the Year selection and the TIME100 list. Since 2018 it has been personally owned by Marc and Lynne Benioff; its current Chief Executive Officer is Jessica Sibley, and its Editor-in-Chief is Sam Jacobs.Open the full entry’s 2024 TIME100 AI list, with a profile focusing on his humanoid-robotics venture.⁠[11]

Figure announced more than $1 billion in Series C commitments at a $39 billion post-money valuation, led by Parkway Venture Capital. These figures concern corporate financing and valuation, not Adcock’s personal net worth.⁠[12]

The Next Web reported that Adcock started Hark in late 2025 with $100 million of his own capital. On March 24, 2026, Hark publicly announced its AI lab, seeking to combine multimodal models, software, memory and purpose-built hardware.⁠[13][2]

Hark announced more than $700 million in Series A funding at a $6 billion post-money valuation, led by Parkway Venture Capital. Participants included AMD VenturesAMD VenturesAMD Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of semiconductor company AMD. It backs AI models, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, silicon and interconnect technologies, and provides portfolio companies with compute, engineering and market support. Its predecessor was the AMD Fusion Fund; AMD used the Ventures name in an official 2012 announcement.Open the full entry, Salesforce VenturesSalesforce VenturesSalesforce Ventures is Salesforce’s corporate venture capital arm. Active since 2009, it backs companies from seed through growth across enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, data, security and AI. Salesforce supplies all of its capital.Open the full entry, NVIDIA, Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.⁠[14]

BMW reported that Figure 02 supported production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles during an approximately ten-month Spartanburg pilot, handling and positioning specific sheet-metal parts. The results concerned defined industrial tasks, rather than general replacement of factory work.⁠[15]

TestingCatalog’s October 5 report embedded Adcock’s October 4 X post announcing a launch that week and free paid-plan access for the first 100,000 sign-ups. On October 6 Hark announced public availability of Hark Pro on the web, iOS and Android, with persistent memory and Handoff cloud-computer capabilities. Dedicated hardware remained in development.⁠[16][17]

Brett Adcock: Official website: https://www.brettadcock.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[6]

Figure: Official website: https://www.figure.ai/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

Archer Aviation: Official website: https://www.archer.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[5]

Cover: Official website: https://www.cover.ai/ (opens in a new window).⁠[9]

Hark: Official website: https://hark.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[2]

X: Public account: https://x.com/adcock_brett (opens in a new window).⁠[6]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettadcock (opens in a new window).⁠[6]