Ghost raises 11 million dollars in seed round for personal AI computer

Hardware startup Ghost has emerged from stealth with 11 million dollars in seed funding to build a dedicated computer designed for personal artificial intelligence agents.

FTMQ Startups, written by our newsroom5 October 2026 at 23:110 views

Hardware startup Ghost has emerged from stealth with an 11 million dollar seed funding round, TechCrunch Venture and SSBCrack both reported. The round was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Additional backing came from Abstract, Audacious Ventures, SV Angel, and Nova, TechCrunch Venture reported. [1][5]

The company was founded by 19-year-old Zain Javaid, according to TechCrunch Venture and news.lavx.hu. Ghost spent a year building in stealth before announcing the funding round, TechCrunch Venture said. Javaid chose to pivot into personal artificial intelligence after working as a quantitative analyst, according to TechCrunch Venture. [1][4]

Ghost is developing Core, a 3,499 dollar personal computer designed specifically for artificial intelligence agents that take actions on behalf of users, TechCrunch Venture and app.dealroom.co both reported. SSBCrack described the device as a screenless hardware box. [1][3][5]

Ghost raised 11 million dollars in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
The startup was founded by 19-year-old Zain Javaid.
Ghost is building Core, a screenless personal AI computer priced at 3,499 dollars.

Sources

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[1]At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AITechCrunch Venture, 6h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AITechCrunch, 6h ago
[3]Ghost raises $11M for a $3,499 computer built for personal AIapp.dealroom.co, 5h ago
[4]19-year-old founder raises $11M for Ghost's $3,499 personal AI computernews.lavx.hu, 3h ago
[5]Teen-Led Ghost Exits Stealth With $11M From a16z and a Screenless $3,499 Box for AI AgentsSSBCrack, 2h ago

Background

[6]Anduril Industries on Wikipedia
[7]Ghost on Grokipedia

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