Cerebras CEO Sees Personal AI Assistants Coming to Homes

Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman said personal AI assistants could become common in homes, with some work handled on local devices and some in the cloud.

Speaking onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Feldman was asked what would need to happen for AI to become a household appliance. “Actually, I don’t think that’s very far away,” he said. He pointed to consumer AI agents such as Meta’s Muse and the startup Instinct, which is valued at $10 billion, as examples of AI gaining traction with everyday users.

Feldman said home assistants would get to know their users and have a security perimeter. He also predicted they would have access to credit cards and be able to make purchases on users’ behalf. He said he expects the technology to make a meaningful impact on people’s lives.

Feldman said he already uses a collection of agents to review his calendar and find information about people he is scheduled to speak with. He is most interested in new capabilities that were not possible before, while leaving it to other founders to determine what those applications will be. He said he likes working on infrastructure that gives other people’s ideas a platform.