Ghost emerges from stealth with the $3,499 Core, a screenless local computer built to run persistent personal AI agents

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Ghost emerged from stealth on October 5, announced an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, and opened preorders for its first product, Core. The $3,499 screenless computer is designed to run persistent personal AI agents, bundles an NVIDIA RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell GPU, and includes Ghost's own software layer, browser and filing system; the first batch is scheduled to ship in the final week of October. The founder says models and personal memory can run locally, personal information is encrypted and the device can keep working if Ghost shuts down; those privacy and independence statements are company product claims reported by TechCrunch.