19岁的扎恩·贾维德（Zain Javaid）一生中的大部分时间都想成为一名量化分析师，利用数学和数据来指导自己的投资决策。有一段时间，他就是其中之一。但他感到无聊。然后，在2022年，ChatGPT发布了，“我从根本上感到了前所未有的兴奋，”他告诉TechCrunch。
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.
他对个人人工智能产生了兴趣，这种兴趣促使他创立了Ghost，该公司周一宣布，经过一年的建设，该公司已摆脱隐形状态，并发起了由安德森·霍洛维茨（Andreessen Horowitz）牵头的1100万美元种子轮融资。本轮融资的其他投资者包括Abstract、Audacious Ventures、SV Angel和Nova。他的创始团队包括19岁的Nicholas Chua、24岁的Yifei Chen和23岁的Guatam Sharda。
He became interested in personal AI, and that interest led him to start Ghost, which announced Monday that it has emerged from stealth after a year of building, along with an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in the round include Abstract, Audacious Ventures, SV Angel, and Nova. His founding team includes Nicholas Chua, 19, Yifei Chen, 24, and Guatam Sharda, 23.
Ghost的第一款产品是Core，这是一款专门为人工智能代理设计的个人电脑，可以代表人采取行动。根据Javaid的说法，这个想法是将一个人的数据（从桌面上的数据到应用程序再到智能家居设备）集中到一个硬件中，该硬件旨在持续运行人工智能代理，这些代理可以充当助手、执行任务并了解一个人的生活。“你可以在现有硬件上运行模型，但从很多方面来说这都是一种糟糕的体验，”同时也是Core首席执行官的Javaid说。
Ghost’s first product is Core, a personal computer designed specifically for AI agents that can take actions on a person’s behalf. According to Javaid, the idea is to centralize a person’s data, from what’s on their desktop to apps to smart home devices, into one piece of hardware designed to continuously run AI agents that can act as an assistant, perform tasks, and understand a person’s life. “You can run models on existing hardware, but it’s a terrible experience on many levels,” said Javaid, who is also Core’s CEO.
Javaid表示，Core包括Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell图形处理器（一种常用于运行人工智能模型的芯片），并补充说，该图形处理器捆绑在设备的价格中，因此客户不需要单独购买。他说，它还拥有自己的软件层、浏览器和文件系统，可以连续处理信息和任务，无需不断提示。核心成本为3，499美元。第一批的预订于周一开放，发货定于10月最后一周。
Core includes an Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell GPU (a type of chip commonly used to run AI models), said Javaid, adding that the GPU is bundled into the device’s price, so customers don’t need to buy one separately. He said it also has its own software layer, browser, and filing system, and can continuously process information and tasks without constant prompting. Core costs $3,499. Pre-orders for the first batch open Monday, and shipping is scheduled for the last week of October.
Javaid将Core描述为一个没有屏幕的“大脑盒子”，用户可以通过手机或应用程序访问。语音模式也可用，但用户必须对Core应用程序而不是盒子本身说话。Core预装了三种型号：Qwen-3.8-Next、Qwen-3.8- 27 B和Gemma-4- 31 B。Javaid表示，用户还可以安装Hugging Face中的其他模型，开发人员在其中共享人工智能模型，或加载自己训练的模型。
Javaid described Core as a “brain box” without a screen, which users access through a phone or app. Voice mode is also available, but users must speak into the Core app rather than the box itself. Core comes with three models preinstalled: Qwen-3.8-Next, Qwen-3.8-27B, and Gemma-4-31B. Javaid said users can also install other models from Hugging Face, where developers share AI models, or load their own trained models.
当被问及Core与一些人设置来运行人工智能工具的苹果小型台式电脑Mac Mini有何不同时，Javaid表示，Core的硬件和软件是专门为运行人工智能代理而构建的，型号已经安装，而Mac Mini是一款通用计算机，可以配置人工智能。
Asked how Core differs from a Mac Mini, Apple’s small desktop computer that some people set up to run AI tools, Javaid said Core’s hardware and software were built specifically for running AI agents, with models already installed, while the Mac Mini is a general-purpose computer that can be configured for AI.
Javaid谈到Core时表示：“随着新车型或对现有车型的改进，我们可以推出空中更新，类似于特斯拉的工作方式。”他补充说，如果新一代车型推出，该公司会询问用户是否想更换。“用户还可以打开自动更新，以便他们始终运行给定型号的最新一代。”该团队目前在旧金山工厂建造这些单元。Javaid表示，目标是销售一台功能齐全、不需要复杂设置或配置的计算机。
“As new models or improvements to existing models come out, we can push out over-the-air updates, similar to how Tesla works,” Javaid said of Core, adding that if a new generation of models comes out, the company asks users whether they want to switch. “Users can also turn on auto-updates so they’re always running the latest generation of a given model.”The team currently builds the units at its San Francisco facility. Javaid said the goal is to sell a fully functioning computer that doesn’t require complex setup or configuration.
他说，这些模型和个人存储器在本地运行，所有个人信息都经过加密，因此任何云提供商或包括Ghost在内的第三方都无法有意义地访问它。他还表示，用户可以控制给予Core代理多少自主权，并且设备被编程为在Ghost关闭时继续工作。
He said the models and personal memory run locally, and that all personal information is encrypted so that no cloud provider or third party, including Ghost, can meaningfully access it. He also said users can control how much autonomy they give their Core agents, and that the device is programmed to keep working if Ghost shuts down.
“所有源代码、逻辑和模型权重都存在于设备上，而不是服务上，”他说。“我们构建这个设备是为了不依赖外部实体来维护服务。”
“All of the source code, logic, and model weights live on the device, not the services,” he said. “We build this device to not be dependent on having an outside entity maintaining the service.”
他说，该团队还在建立防火墙，以限制代理如何使用其凭据（例如屁股和密码）。防火墙“监控计算机上的每个传出的网络请求，如果它看到代理正在执行受制裁的操作或删除不应该的数据，它就会拒绝该请求并将其标记为供用户审查。”
He said the team is also building a firewall to limit how the agent can use its credentials, such ass and passwords. The firewall “monitors every outgoing network request on the computer and if it sees the agent performing a sanctioned action or exfiltrating data it shouldn’t, it rejects the request and flags it for user review.”
“用户拥有这一切，”他谈到设备、内存和数据时说道。“一旦您购买了硬件，所有内容都会在设备上存储、运行和处理。”他表示，他并不太担心竞争，包括来自老牌科技公司的竞争。“人们有时会因为现有企业已经制造出产品而给予他们荣誉，因为他们拥有原料，”他说。他称赞苹果拥有良好的硬件和颠覆性，但表示Core的大部分目标是软件：“模型会考虑你的生活，它如何记忆，它如何采取行动，它如何知道何时伸出援手，”他继续说道。
“The user owns all of it,” he said of the device, memory, and data. “Once you buy the hardware, everything is stored, run, and processed on the device.”He said he is not too worried about the competition, including from established tech companies. “People sometimes give incumbents credit for having already built the product because they have the ingredients,” he said. He credited Apple with good hardware and disruption, but said much of what Core is aiming to tackle is software: “the model reasons over your life, how it remembers, how it takes action, how it knows when to reach out,” he continued.
Javaid提供了一个Core如何工作的例子：“Core主动向您发送您可能生病的通知，因为它看到您的静息心率升高，从计算机历史记录中看到您在项目中工作到很晚，并且具有季节性背景，现在是旧金山的流感季节。”他说，该公司的主要重点是开发人们喜爱的产品。“如果我们做不到这一点，苹果并不是我们失败的原因，”他说。
Javaid offered an example of how Core is meant to work: “Core proactively sends you a notification that you might be getting sick because it sees your resting heart rate is elevated, sees from computer history that you were up late working on a project, and has seasonal context that it is flu season in San Francisco.”The company’s main focus is building a product people love, he said. “If we can’t do that, Apple isn’t the reason we failed,” he said.