The OpenClaw creator on the moment AI changed everything

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OpenClaw on devices
OpenClaw started as a text-based AI bot, its founder said. It later handled tasks he hadn't explicitly built.

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How OpenClaw turned into China's next big thing

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OpenClaw lobster in China
OpenClaw took China by storm recently as the phrase "raising the lobster" trended on Chinese social media.

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Across China, a new kind of digital worker is clocking in.

They're called "lobsters," shorthand for OpenClaw-powered agents that can browse, click, reply, trade, post, and sometimes spiral out of control.

I've lived in China for over 10 years and saw the OpenClaw craze unfold. The West needs to keep up.

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Thomas Derksen
Thomas Derksen saw the OpenClaw craze in China up close and explains why the West should pay attention to how AI is being adopted.

Thomas Derksen

I'm a Chinese product manager who created 6 AI employees on OpenClaw. I'm working more than ever and am way more tired.

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Vivi Mengjie Xiao
Vivi Mengjie Xiao built six AI employees using OpenClaw. She says she's more productive — and more tired than ever.

Vivi Mengjie Xiao

I'm a Chinese CEO who jumped on the OpenClaw hype and built AI employees. We had to create a human-only Slack channel to escape them.

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Wu Xiankun
Xiankun Wu, the CEO and cofounder of Kuse, said the AI employees the team created with OpenClaw worked nonstop.

Xiankun Wu

Anthropic says Claude subscriptions will no longer support OpenClaw because it puts an 'outsized strain' on systems

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OpenClaw headgear
Anthropic is cutting off support for OpenClaw, a popular AI agent platform that's developed a cult following.

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Meet 'Dobby': The AI agent that could kill the app economy

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - OCTOBER 24: Participants playing Dobby in Harry Potter series in the Trans March on October 24, 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan.
A human dressed up as Dobby the Elf from Harry Potter series during a trans march in Taipei, Taiwan.

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A startup founder explains why she built 9 AI employees: 'I am a breathless OpenClaw bro'

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OpenClaw on devices
A startup founder used nine AI agents built on OpenClaw to handle sales, admin, and family logistics— cutting hours of paid work.

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I went to an OpenClaw installation event at Tencent's office. People were raring to go, and the FOMO is real.

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OpenClaw Tencent Cloud event
People lined up at a Tencent Cloud OpenClaw event in Singapore to install the AI agent on their devices.

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Google employees have a new AI tool called 'Agent Smith'. It's so popular that access got restricted.

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Sergey Brin attends the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in California, wearing a shiny black jacket in front of a blue background.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin

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