Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home

Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman thinks the jump from chatbots to a home AI appliance is closer than most people assume. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Tuesday, he said the idea is “not very far away” and pointed to consumer AI agents as the clearest sign that everyday users are already warming up to the category.

He cited Meta’s Muse and Instinct, the startup now valued at $10 billion, as examples of AI moving beyond demos and into regular use. His version of the future is not a giant server in the living room. It’s a personal assistant that runs partly on the device and partly in the cloud, like a phone does now.

And Feldman thinks these systems will get deeply familiar with their owners. He said they’ll have a security perimeter, learn a lot about the user, and eventually be able to use credit cards to make purchases. He framed that as a practical next step, not a sci-fi flourish.

That pitch lines up neatly with Cerebras’ business, of course. But Feldman is also using this stuff himself. He said he now relies on “a collection of agents” to clear his calendar, gather background on people he’s about to speak with, and handle other routine work.

The bigger point for him is not automation for its own sake. It’s the new things AI might unlock once it stops just imitating old office habits. He’s happy to let other founders chase the consumer idea while he builds the platform underneath it. That’s a very infrastructure-guy answer, and honestly, it’s usually the people selling picks and shovels who get loudest about the gold rush.