From lobster hats to claw hands: OpenClaw's internet moment

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OpenClaw's lobster craze shows how viral culture is turning AI tools into communities that people want to belong to.

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China's biggest names in tech are piling into the OpenClaw gold rush

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Tencent, Alibaba, and others are piling into OpenClaw as China races to adopt the AI agent.

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Cyber pets, blind dates, and stock trading: How Chinese users are jumping on the OpenClaw craze

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China's "lobster" craze is pushing users to experiment with OpenClaw as stock traders, dating assistants, and digital pets.

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I followed the Chinese playbook for success, then quit Meta for startup life. It feels like being on-call 24/7.

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Yuhao Xu
After following the Chinese playbook to success, Yuhao Xu left his coveted tech job to build an AI startup.

Yuhao Xu

Nvidia's rivals are multiplying. These are the key competitors trying to break its grip.

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Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su.

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4 burning questions hanging over Nvidia's GTC summit next week

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Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang.

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China rushed to use OpenClaw. Now, some stressed-out users are forking out cash to uninstall the AI agent.

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After China's OpenClaw "lobster" craze, some users are forking out cash to uninstall the AI agent.

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The 'Chinese Dream' is shrinking. That's bad news for the global economy.

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2025 was another strong year for China's economy — on paper.

Beijing reported the world's second-largest economy hit its 5% GDP growth target for the year. Exports held up. Industrial output stayed resilient.

Free housing, offices, and up to $720,000 subsidies: Chinese cities go all in on OpenClaw startups

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Some Chinese cities are going all in on "raising the lobster."

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China's smartest students used to chase tech and finance jobs. Now, they're choosing manufacturing.

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China's top graduates are increasingly choosing manufacturing and energy jobs.

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