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Ghost has secured an $11 million seed round to launch Core, a dedicated hardware platform designed to run local AI agents that manage personal data and execute tasks autonomously. The device integrates a high-end Nvidia Blackwell GPU and pre-installed open-source models like Qwen and Gemma to create a "brain in a box" solution for personal computing. This product marks a significant shift toward specialized hardware infrastructure required to deploy advanced AI agents locally without relying on external cloud APIs.

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At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI

TechCrunchOctober 5, 20264 min read

Ghost's first product is Core, a personal computer designed specifically for AI agents that can take actions on a person's behalf.

For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide his investment decisions. And for a while, he was one. But he got bored. Then, in 2022, ChatGPT was released, and “I felt fundamentally excited in a way that I never had been before,” he told TechCrunch. He became interested in personal AI, and that interest led him to start Ghost, which announced Monday that it has emerged from stealth after a year of building, along with…

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