# Bark

> Bark is an Atlanta-based online safety company that uses AI to quietly scan children's texts, emails, social media, and photos for signs of danger - cyberbullying, self-harm, predators, threats of violence - and alerts parents only when something is actually wrong. Founded in 2015 by former Twitter engineer Brian Bason, Bark has grown into a suite of hardware and software (the Bark Phone, Bark Watch, Bark Home, and a free monitoring product for schools) that now helps protect more than 7 million children.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Founders:** Brian Bason (Founder & CEO), Brandon Hilkert (Co-founder & early engineer)
- **Team size:** ~150 employees
- **Products:** Bark App (Premium), Bark Home, Bark Phone, Bark Watch, Bark for Schools
- **Notable:** Helps protect more than 7 million children and works with 3,600+ schools and districts., Analyzed a record 11.1 billion data points (messages and files) in 2025., Company says its technology has helped flag at least 33 potential suicides and 12 potential school shootings before they happened.

## Products & services

- **Bark App (Premium)** — AI monitoring service that scans texts, email, and 30+ apps and social platforms for signs of cyberbullying, self-harm, sexual content, predators, and threats of violence, alerting parents only when something concerning is detected. Also includes screen-time schedules and website filtering.
- **Bark Home** — A hardware device that manages internet-connected devices in the house - TVs, tablets, gaming consoles, computers - to apply screen-time rules and content filtering network-wide.
- **Bark Phone** — An Android smartphone for kids with Bark's parental controls fused into the operating system, plus a Bark wireless plan. Controls can't be deleted or bypassed; a Pro tier adds more capability.
- **Bark Watch** — A GPS smartwatch for younger kids that offers talk, text, and location tracking with an SOS button and full contact management, without the open internet of a phone.
- **Bark for Schools** — A free version of Bark's monitoring for school-issued accounts and devices (email, documents, browsing), used by more than 3,600 schools and districts to flag threats of violence and self-harm.

## Achievements

- Helps protect more than 7 million children and works with 3,600+ schools and districts.
- Analyzed a record 11.1 billion data points (messages and files) in 2025.
- Company says its technology has helped flag at least 33 potential suicides and 12 potential school shootings before they happened.
- Raised roughly $67M in total funding, including a $30M Series C in 2022.
- CMO/Chief Parent Officer Titania Jordan authored two bestselling books on digital parenting.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Launched the Bark Watch, a GPS smartwatch with talk, text, location tracking, and an SOS button for younger kids.
- **2025-01** — Published its 2025 Annual Report, reporting a record 11.1 billion data points analyzed and a 650% rise since 2021 in tween content related to disordered eating.
- **2025-03** — Titania Jordan released her second book, 'Parental Control: A Guide to Raising Balanced Kids in the Digital Era.'

## Links

- Website: https://www.bark.us
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/barktechnologies
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/joinbark
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BarkTechnologies
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinbark/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.bark.us
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bark

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Last updated: 2026-08-21