diff --git a/scripts/start-emulator.sh b/scripts/start-emulator.sh
index fdb9af7..ca36d46 100755
--- a/scripts/start-emulator.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-emulator.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,41 @@ if [ -e /dev/kvm ]; then
   echo "/dev/kvm found — hardware acceleration on"
 fi
 
+# Pin the emulator process to the integrated GPU so the discrete card stays free
+# for AI inference (windowed mode uses the host GL/Vulkan stack; headless runs on
+# swiftshader — pure software — and never touches any GPU at all). Discovered
+# from the PCI tree: first display device NOT driven by the nvidia driver.
+IGPU=""
+for dev in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*; do
+  class=$(cat "$dev/class" 2>/dev/null) || continue
+  case "$class" in
+    0x0300*|0x0380*) ;;        # VGA / display controller
+    *) continue ;;
+  esac
+  if [ "$(basename "$(readlink "$dev/driver" 2>/dev/null)")" = nvidia ]; then continue; fi
+  IGPU=$(basename "$dev")
+  break
+done
+if [ -n "$IGPU" ]; then
+  # Mesa GL/GLES: force the Mesa vendors, then the Intel render device.
+  export __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa
+  export __EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_FILENAMES=/usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d/50_mesa.json
+  export DRI_PRIME="pci-${IGPU//./_}"
+  # Vulkan: restrict the loader to the iGPU's ICD (both var names — loader
+  # version differences).
+  for icd in /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/intel_icd.x86_64.json \
+             /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/Intel_icd.x86_64.json; do
+    if [ -f "$icd" ]; then
+      export VK_ICD_FILENAMES="$icd"
+      export VK_DRIVER_FILES="$icd"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  echo "GPU pinned to iGPU $IGPU (Mesa/Intel env) — dGPU untouched"
+else
+  echo "no iGPU found — leaving GPU selection to the driver (dGPU may be used)"
+fi
+
 # --- build combined adb vendor-keys file ------------------------------------
 # The TV system image is a user build: adb push to /data/misc/adb/adb_keys is
 # blocked, so remote keys are trusted via ADB_VENDOR_KEYS at launch instead.