Clawbot AI

What Clawbot AI does

Clawbot AI is an open-source personal AI agent platform founded in January 2026 by Peter Steinberger, an Austrian developer and former founder of PSPDFKit. The platform enables users to deploy autonomous AI agents on their own hardware or private cloud infrastructure, executing genuine tasks (shell commands, file management, browser automation, application control) rather than functioning as reactive Q&A chatbots. Clawbot integrates with 50+ platforms including WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, iMessage, Signal, and Matrix, allowing users to interact with their AI assistant across 15+ messaging channels with cross-platform conversation continuity.

The platform is built on the OpenClaw framework, which provides a Gateway-centric control plane with a distributed node system for multi-device access, WebSocket-based real-time communication, and markdown-backed persistent memory. The architecture is model-agnostic, supporting Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4, local Ollama models, and LM Studio without reconfiguration. The ecosystem includes the ClawdHub marketplace hosting 565+ community-developed skills following the AgentSkills open standard, MoltBook (an AI social network), and tools like GogCLI (Google Workspace integration), Summarize, and Voice Wake. The codebase is released under MIT License and has accumulated 84,000+ GitHub stars and 11,200+ community forks.

Clawbot's business model is freemium/open-source-first: the core software is free under MIT License with no feature gates or subscriptions, and the company operates as a bootstrapped, founder-owned initiative with no disclosed external funding. The primary monetization vector is the cloud-hosted offering at cloud.clawbot.ai, though pricing is not publicly disclosed. Users pay separately for AI model API consumption (Claude, GPT-4) or run free local models via Ollama. The target customer segments are horizontal, encompassing individual developers and DevOps engineers seeking autonomous AI tooling, privacy-focused individual users wanting data sovereignty, and AI agent/Web3 power users deploying agents for financial automation. No formal corporate legal entity has been disclosed, and the company is headquartered in South San Francisco, United States.

Name

Clawbot AI

Legal name

clawbot

Website

https://clawbot.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Clawbot AI is an open-source personal AI agent platform founded in January 2026 by Peter Steinberger that enables autonomous task execution across 50+ messaging and productivity platforms on user-controlled hardware, serving developers and privacy-focused individual users via a MIT-licensed framework with model-agnostic AI integration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal AI Agent Platform

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Agents & Autonomous Workflows (Tool Use, Planning, Multi-Agent) (HDAAACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Secure Model Deployment & Runtime Protection (sandboxing, isolation) (HDAAAKAH), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• AI agent platform
• Personal AI assistant
• Open-source AI tools
• Self-hosted AI agents
• Conversational AI platform

Headquarters

HQ city

South San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Open-Source Software Distribution (MIT License): The core Clawbot software is 100% free and open-source under MIT License. No feature gates, subscriptions, or vendor lock-in. The company does not appear to generate direct revenue from the software itself.
2. AI Model API Consumption (Indirect Cost to Users): Users pay for AI model API access (Claude, GPT-4) or run local models for free via Ollama. This is a cost to users, not a direct revenue stream for Clawbot. Cloud-hosted instances at cloud.clawbot.ai may carry a hosting fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Clawbot AI provides a self-hosted, open-source (MIT License) personal AI agent platform that runs on user-controlled hardware or private cloud, executing autonomous tasks (shell commands, file management, browser control, email/calendar workflows, IoT control) across 15+ messaging platforms including WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, iMessage, Signal, and Matrix. The model-agnostic architecture supports Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4, and local models via Ollama and LM Studio, with a cloud-hosted deployment option at cloud.clawbot.ai.

Product overview

Clawbot AI offers a layered product portfolio centered on autonomous personal AI agents. The core product is Clawbot — a cloud personal AI assistant that runs on user-controlled infrastructure, communicates across 15+ messaging platforms (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, iMessage, Signal, Matrix, Mattermost), and executes genuine tasks (shell commands, file management, browser automation, IoT control) rather than merely advising. It is built on the open-source OpenClaw framework (MIT license), which provides the gateway-centric control plane, distributed node system, WebSocket communication, and markdown-backed persistent memory. The ecosystem includes Moltbook (AI social network), ClawdHub (marketplace with 565+ community skills), and ecosystem tools like GogCLI (Google Workspace), Summarize (document summarization), Voice Wake (voice interaction), Bird CLI (Twitter/X), and iMsg (macOS iMessage). Claw Code AI is a separate open-source coding agent framework. The platform is model-agnostic — supporting Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4, Ollama, and LM Studio — and prioritizes data sovereignty, privacy, and security with sandboxed execution and granular permission controls.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OpenClaw: The open-source core framework powering Clawbot, providing the gateway-centric control plane, distributed node system, and agent infrastructure for connecting AI models to messaging platforms and local system capabilities.
• MoltBook
• ClawdHub
• Gog (Google Workspace CLI)

Products and services

• Clawbot Cloud personal AI assistant that runs on user-controlled infrastructure and acts autonomously across 15+ messaging platforms. Provides genuine task execution (shell commands, file management, browser control, application integration) with data sovereignty by design, distributed as a free open-source download (DMG for macOS, ZIP across platforms) with a paid cloud-hosted option at cloud.clawbot.ai.
• OpenClaw Open-source core framework underlying Clawbot, released under the MIT License. Provides the gateway-centric control plane, distributed node system for multi-device access, WebSocket-based real-time communication, and markdown-backed persistent memory, serving as the foundation for local and cloud deployments.
• ClawdHub Marketplace for community-developed agent skills following the AgentSkills open standard. Hosts 565+ pre-built skills enabling diverse capabilities from crypto trading to academic research, productivity automation, and developer tools, allowing developers to publish and users to install custom integrations.
• Moltbook AI social network platform integrated into the Clawbot ecosystem. Enables AI agents and humans to interact in a social context with associated skills for curation, daily digests, search, and interaction workflows.
• Claw Code AI Open-source AI coding agent framework designed to provide developers with full visibility into how AI code generation works, rather than operating as a black box like most existing AI coding tools. Targeted at developers seeking transparent AI-assisted coding.
• cloud.clawbot.ai Hosted cloud deployment of Clawbot for users who prefer not to self-host, enabling online access without local installation. Pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 25,000 GitHub stars in a single day (January 2026)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability14 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Anthropic (Claude)coreTechnology or IntegrationClawbot integrates with Anthropic's Claude models as a primary AI backbone. Users configure Claude via setup tokens (setuptoken auth). Claude is the recommended default model for most use cases. The integration supports all Claude variants and is the most prominently featured AI provider.
• OpenAI (GPT-4)coreTechnology or IntegrationClawbot integrates with OpenAI's GPT-4 and successor models as an alternative AI backbone. Supports OAuth-based authentication (Codex OAuth). Available as a drop-in alternative to Claude.
• Ollama (Local Models)coreTechnology or IntegrationClawbot supports fully free local model inference via Ollama, enabling zero-cost AI operation without any cloud API dependency. The Ollama Local skill has its own dedicated integration.
• TailscalecoreTechnology or IntegrationClawbot uses Tailscale for secure remote access, enabling users to connect to their self-hosted gateway from any device. The FAQ includes a dedicated guide on setting up Tailscale on a VPS and connecting from a Mac.
• WhatsApp (Baileys Protocol)coreTechnology or IntegrationClawbot integrates with WhatsApp using the Baileys protocol, enabling users to communicate with their AI assistant through WhatsApp during commutes or on the go.
• Telegram (grammY Framework)coreTechnology or IntegrationClawbot integrates with Telegram through the grammY framework, one of the primary messaging platforms supported alongside WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
• Apple (macOS / iMessage)coreTechnology or IntegrationClawbot runs natively on macOS with a dedicated DMG installer and native iMessage support (iMsg ecosystem tool). The project is credited with driving Mac Mini sales, with users reportedly configuring multiple units to run Clawbot instances.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• MultiOn: AI web agent that autonomously browses and acts on websites; overlaps with Clawbot's Agent Browser capabilities for autonomous web task execution.
• CrewAI: Multi-agent orchestration framework for building autonomous AI workflows; comparable as agent infrastructure but focuses on multi-agent collaboration rather than single personal agent.
• Adept AI: AI agent that operates software on behalf of users; comparable in autonomous task execution vision but pursuing proprietary enterprise model rather than open-source consumer path.

Broad incumbents

• n8n: Open-source workflow automation platform with AI integrations; comparable in extensibility and self-hosting ethos, and increasingly overlaps in AI-powered automation use cases.
• Zapier: Established incumbent in workflow automation with thousands of app integrations; competes for the same task-automation use cases but via centralized SaaS rather than self-hosted.
• LangChain: Broader LLM application framework with agent capabilities; overlaps in developer tooling for building AI agents but does not target personal/end-user deployment like Clawbot.

Direct peers

• Lindy AI: Personal AI assistant that automates tasks via integrations; competes in the same personal AI agent category with similar workflow automation and messaging platform integrations.
• AutoGPT: Open-source autonomous AI agent that chains LLM calls to accomplish goals; directly competes in the same personal-autonomous-agent category with overlapping developer audiences.
• Open Interpreter: Open-source project enabling LLMs to execute code and control a computer locally — a directly comparable self-hosted AI agent platform targeting developers with similar autonomous task execution capabilities.
• Devon (Open Source): Open-source AI software engineer agent that autonomously performs coding tasks; comparable as an autonomous agent with similar self-hosted, developer-focused positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/steipete
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/steipete

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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