Ghost opens Core, a $3,499 computer for local AI agents
Ghost pairs a dedicated AI computer with a claim that models and personal context stay on the device; the first batch is already marked sold out.
A dedicated machine for personal agents
Ghost emerged from stealth on October 5 with Core, a $3,499 personal computer designed to run AI models and agents locally. TechCrunch reported the launch after interviewing founder Zain Javaid and said Ghost had raised an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ghost’s product page lists an Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell GPU, 64 GB of memory and a 1 TB SSD. The company says Core can connect to a user’s apps, files and devices to build context over time and carry out tasks through agents.
First batch and unanswered questions
TechCrunch reported that preorders opened October 5. When reviewed on October 6, Ghost’s product page labeled the first batch sold out, invited interest for a second batch and said first-batch units would ship October 31. This is a shipping target, not evidence that deliveries have happened. Javaid told TechCrunch that models and personal memory run locally and that the company is building a firewall to constrain agents’ network actions. Those privacy and security statements have not been independently tested in the reviewed sources. Core’s announcement is a concrete hardware bet on personal agents, but its reliability and safeguards remain unproven in everyday use.