Ghost Raises $11 Million for $3,499 Core AI Computer
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Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 5
Ghost Raises $11 Million for $3,499 Core AI Computer
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 5
Summary
$11 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz accompanied Ghost’s emergence from stealth and the launch of preorders for Core, a $3,499 personal AI computer shipping in late October.
Core is built to run AI agents locally on an Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell GPU, with preinstalled models, its own software stack, and phone- or app-based access instead of a built-in screen.
Ghost says the device centralizes a user’s data—from desktop files to apps and smart-home inputs—so agents can act continuously with less setup than a general-purpose machine such as Apple’s Mac Mini.
Privacy and resilience are central to the pitch: Ghost says memory, model weights, and source code stay on the device, data is encrypted, and a firewall monitors agent network requests to block misuse or data exfiltration.
The San Francisco startup, founded by 19-year-old CEO Zain Javaid after ChatGPT’s 2022 debut, is betting buyers want a dedicated “brain in a box” rather than cloud-dependent AI assistants.