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Jaeden

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AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

So it's fascinating, but just kicking this over to you, Jamie, give us like a brief recap and the most interesting parts of the story to you.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

So I think he was just using Claude Code to build it.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

And I will also preface all of this by saying, because it's like, oh my gosh, this random guy vibe coded a thing.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

And then like, you know, four months later, it all of a sudden got acquired for, you know, some sort of billion dollar valuation.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

He has actually started, run and sold a company in the past for, I think, close to, I think he ran a company for like,

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

If I remember correctly, it was something to do with like making PDFs work on your phone.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

And he worked on it for like 10, 10, 14 years.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

I sold it for like $100 million by the time he was done with it.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

So he's done this all before.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

Then he kind of, as I understand it, he kind of had like a lull, was kind of just somewhat depressed and wasn't really starting startups.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

I mean, he also had a lot of money, so he was fine.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

Also, if you look at pictures of him, he's absolutely ripped out of his mind.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

So he obviously went to the gym a lot in that time since his last acquisition.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

Apparently, a few months ago, he decided to start creating Claude bot because it was something he wanted to try and build.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

He vibe coded using Claude code, he created this tool, and it went super, super viral on GitHub.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

And I think part of the reason why it went viral is it was kind of a cool tool.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

But

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

So because Anthropic sent him a cease and desist, because it used to be called Claudebot, that went viral that he got a cease and desist.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

And so then he had to change the name.

AI in Business
The Rise of OpenClaw: Vibe Coding and AI Automation

He originally changed the name to Moltbot, which is the worst name in the world, in my opinion.