Georges Harik
About Georges Harik
Georges Harik is a Co-Founder and Member of Technical Staff at humans&. His X bio describes him as the seventh employee at Google. The World Economic Forum describes him as one of Google's first 10 employees. He was director of Googlettes and a distinguished engineer there. According to his PitchBook profile, he co-developed the targeting technology behind AdSense and co-authored the original AdWords Online product plan. He also managed the first Google Search Appliance engineering team.
He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. His technical background is in machine learning and AI. After Google he founded imo.im and co-founded hslabs, which the WEF describes as an open source AI research lab. Crunchbase lists three companies founded and says he was CEO of Notbad AI. Notbad AI released a reasoning model, Notbad v1.0 Mistral 24B, built on Mistral Small and trained with reinforcement learning on math and Python coding.
Crunchbase lists 48 investments, 40 portfolio companies, 5 lead investments and 16 exits, none by IPO. PitchBook classes him as an active angel and lists him as an advisor to Deep Infra. PitchBook's counts differ from Crunchbase, so treat the totals as approximate.
In January 2026, humans& announced a $480M seed round. Press reports say SV Angel and Harik led it. Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, GV, Emerson Collective, Forerunner and others also took part. Harik is a co-founder of the company, so this is a founder-side deal and not a typical angel check.
Crunchbase lists him as lead investor in a Deep Infra Series A. PitchBook also lists Deep Infra among his investments. Third-party investor databases name Lambda and Nimble Robotics as portfolio companies. Notbad AI thanked Lambda and Deep Infra for compute in its model release.
Harik's WEF profile says he advises and angel invests in internet applications, machine learning, advertising technologies and biotechnology. NFX Signal and Evalyze list his stages as pre-seed through Series A, with some Series B activity. Both list a check range of about $5K-$10K up to $500K and a sweet spot around $100K. These figures come from third-party databases and not from a statement by Harik, so confirm them before you pitch. He is based in Palo Alto and the Bay Area. We found no public statement from him on what he looks for in a pitch.
- humans&: human-centric AI lab he co-founded; $480M seed announced January 2026, which he co-led.
- Deep Infra: AI inference infrastructure company; he led its Series A per Crunchbase and is listed as an advisor by PitchBook.
- Lambda: AI compute provider, listed as a portfolio company by Evalyze; investment year not public.
- Nimble Robotics: robotics company, listed by Evalyze; investment year not public.
- Frec: financial services company, listed by PitchBook; investment year not public.
- crunchbase.com/person/georges-harik
- linkedin.com/in/georges-harik-4579271
- weforum.org/people/georges-harik
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/105950-17
- fintool.com/news/humans-and-480m-seed-ai-valuation
- aibusiness.com/agentic-ai/startup-human-centric-ai-tools
- crunchbase.com/funding_round/deep-infra-series-a--0e5d1cdc
- x.com/gharik/highlights
Investing activity
Georges Harik has made 48 investments according to Crunchbase across 40 portfolio companies, and has led 5 rounds, seen 16 exits and founded 3 companies.
Georges Harik appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $480M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $480M. The most recent is humans& (Seed, $480M, Jan 2026).
Georges Harik most often invests alongside Nvidia, Emerson Collective, DCVC and Liquid 2 Ventures, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI research lab.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Georges Harik
Who is Georges Harik?
He is a Co-Founder and Member of Technical Staff at humans&, based in Palo Alto. He was an early Google employee and an angel investor, and he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
What stage does Georges Harik invest in?
Third-party investor databases list pre-seed, seed and Series A, with some Series B activity. Crunchbase shows him leading a Deep Infra Series A.
What is Georges Harik's check size?
NFX Signal lists $10K to $500K with a sweet spot of $100K. Evalyze lists a similar range. He has not published these figures himself, so treat them as estimates.
What sectors does Georges Harik back?
He has said he works with startups in internet applications, machine learning, advertising technologies and biotechnology. His recent focus is AI, including AI infrastructure companies such as Deep Infra and Lambda.
Did Georges Harik invest in humans&?
He co-founded humans& and co-led its $480M seed round with SV Angel, announced in January 2026.
How can founders contact Georges Harik?
He is on X at @gharik and on LinkedIn. We found no personal website or published pitch process, and a warm introduction is the usual route.
Is Georges Harik an angel investor?
Yes. Georges Harik invests personally as an angel and is Co-Founder & Member of Technical Staff at humans&. Crunchbase counts 48 investments and 16 exits.
What AI companies has Georges Harik invested in?
Georges Harik's AI investments include humans&. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Georges Harik based?
Georges Harik is based in Palo Alto, California, United States.
What stage does Georges Harik invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Georges Harik has invested at Seed, with a median round of $480M. Georges Harik led 1 of those rounds.