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Ghost Exits Stealth With $11 Million Seed Round and $3,499 Local AI Computer

October 5, 2026 at 14:44 EDT

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Ghost emerged from stealth on Monday with an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and introduced Core, a $3,499 personal AI computer built to run agents locally. The startup is positioning the device as a dedicated home for personal AI that can connect to a user's apps, files and devices while keeping models and memory on the hardware.

October 5, 2026 · Ghost

A local AI computer exits stealth

Ghost introduced Core, a $3,499 personal AI computer built to run agents, memory and models on-device after raising an $11 million seed round.

Seed round

$11M

Core price

$3,499

GPU memory

24 GB

System memory

64 GB

Seed funding, shown as $1M blocks

$11 million

The seed round gives Ghost room to test whether a dedicated local AI appliance can become a consumer category.

Why buyers may care

Models, memory and personal context are designed to run on hardware the user owns, reducing dependence on a remote AI service.

What remains unproven

The product must justify premium PC pricing and persuade users to trust an always-on agent with credentials and sensitive data.

Core's proposed agent loop

Connect apps and devices→Build local memory→Run agents continuously→Ask before sensitive action

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