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Give your family acloudless, private space.

Every memory. In your home. Forever.

The Ark 2.0 device
IntroducingThe Ark 2.0

Chat, share, and store your digital life on hardware you own. Off WhatsApp. Off Gmail. Off Drive. Off Google Photos. No subscription, no data harvesting, no company that can change the rules tomorrow.

Delivered in 14 days · Set up in under 10 minutes · 45-day money back

Why The Ark exists

Your digital life is on servers you don't own. That's the problem.

Every app you rely on is renting space in someone else's building. And writing the lease as they go.

WhatsApp and Signal sit on someone else's servers

Even with end-to-end encryption, the metadata (who you talk to, when, how often) lives with the platform. You don't control it. You don't own it.

Gmail and Drive belong to Google

Read by AI, scanned for ad signals, and gone the day the account gets suspended. Your work, your contacts, your archive. All theirs.

Google Photos and iCloud feed someone else's product

Auto-uploaded. Indexed. Paid for monthly. Impossible to fully pull back. And quietly training models on your family.

The Ark fixes all three. One private device in your home that runs your chat, your files, and your photos. Yours forever. No subscription. No middleman. No surprises.

See The Ark in action.

Two minutes. End to end. From plug-in to first message.
How families use it

Three ways The Ark changes how your family stays connected.

Family group chat: every photo saved forever

Share photos from your trip, post the everyday moments, send group texts. Every photo that passes through the chat is automatically saved to your family drive. WhatsApp deletes. The Ark keeps everything.

Grandparents see every photo, on the big screen

No more missing moments buried in a WhatsApp thread. Every photo your kids share arrives instantly in grandma and grandpa's private family album. Including right on their TV.

Your phone photos. On your hardware. Not Google's.

Share photos from your camera roll directly to your Ark, or send them in family chat and they save automatically. Full quality, no compression, no Google, no iCloud, no monthly fee.

The Ark 1.0

Own your digital life. Nothing more.

$499

One-time. No subscription. Previous generation.

The Ark 1.0 — The Ark 2.0
  • The Ark 1.0 device (256GB)
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Delivered in 14 days · 45-day money-back

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Early Access

The Ark plus the kit to make it last.

$999

One-time. Most popular pick.

Early Access — The Ark 2.0
  • The Ark 2.0 device (1TB)
  • Encrypted backup disk included ($149 value)
  • Extended 3-year hardware warranty
  • 24/7 direct support
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Delivered in 14 days · 45-day money-back

Premium Early Access

Maximum storage. Direct line to the founder.

$1,399

One-time. Limited spots.

Premium Early Access — The Ark 2.0
  • The Ark 2.0 device (2TB)
  • Encrypted backup disk included ($149 value)
  • Extended 3-year hardware warranty
  • 24/7 direct support
  • First beta access to new software features
  • Founder onboarding call (30 to 45 min with Francis)
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Delivered in 14 days · 45-day money-back

Everything you need to know.

Is there a monthly fee?
No. The Ark is a one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees, no price increases. Pay once, own it forever.
How is this different from Google Photos or iCloud?
Google Photos and iCloud store your photos on their servers. They can change pricing, change the rules, or shut down. The Ark stores everything on hardware in your home. You own it. No one else has access.
Do I need to be technical to set it up?
Not at all. A guided walkthrough takes you through everything in plain English, start to finish, in under 10 minutes. If you ever get stuck, we're a message away.