Raised $11M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][3][4][5]

Seed closed October 2026, led by Andreessen Horowitz.[1][2][3][4][5]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract, Audacious Ventures, SV Angel, Nova.[1][2][3][4][5]

Zain Javaid, Founder and CEO[1][2][4]

Nicholas Chua, Co-founder[1][2][4]

Yifei Chen, Co-founder[1][2][4]

Gautam Sharda, Co-founder[1][2][4]

Jacky Huang, Head of Launch[7]

Apple Mac Mini · apple.com · Independent analysis frames Core as directly challenging the Mac Mini and NUC-style mini-PC category by shipping pre-installed models and a custom software layer instead of asking buyers to configure their own local AI stack.[4]

Nvidia DGX Spark · nvidia.com · Same buyer and same job to be done: a desktop box bought specifically to run AI models locally rather than through a cloud subscription, cited as the mini-PC class Core competes against.[4]

Cloud AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) · openai.com · Ghost's own positioning names the cloud chatbot subscription as the substitute it is displacing, arguing an agent with access to a user's files and devices should not run on infrastructure someone else owns.[2][4][6]

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