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- Ghost emerged from stealth with an $11M seed round led by a16z, pricing its dedicated AI agent computer at $3,499 with an RTX Pro 4000 SFF Blackwell GPU inside.
- Zain Javaid, Ghost's 19-year-old founder, aspired to be a quant — someone who uses math and data to guide investing — for much of his life before pivoting to AI hardware.
Why it matters: Ghost's $3,499 dedicated AI agent computer, backed by an $11M a16z seed and built by a 19-year-old founder, represents a16z's bet that purpose-built hardware for autonomous AI workflows can compete as a distinct product category rather than a software-only play.
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