At 19, Founder Raises $11M for Ghost, Maker of a $3,499 Computer for Personal AI

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

Ghost announced Monday its official emergence from stealth and an $11 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Ghost Sells Core Personal AI Computer for $3,499

The company says Core runs models and stored context locally and connects with users’ apps, files and devices.

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

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…

Ghost emerges from stealth with $11M seed round for a personal AI computer

Ghost exits stealth with an $11 million a16z-led seed round and Core, a $3,499 personal AI computer that runs models locally on your desk.