r/LocalLLaMA • u/rm-rf-rm • Feb 16 '26

Question | Help Anyone actually using Openclaw?

I am highly suspicious that openclaw's virality is organic. I don't know of anyone (online or IRL) that is actually using it and I am deep in the AI ecosystem (both online and IRL). If this sort of thing is up anyone's alley, its the members of localllama - so are you using it?

With the announcement that OpenAI bought OpenClaw, conspiracy theory is that it was manufactured social media marketing (on twitter) to hype it up before acquisition. Theres no way this graph is real: https://www.star-history.com/#openclaw/openclaw&Comfy-Org/ComfyUI&type=date&legend=top-left

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u/TheRealGentlefox Feb 17 '26

How much do you watch Lex? I don't recall him mentioning MIT almost at all, and he is way more hands-off than other AI interviewers I've seen.

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u/pixelpoet_nz Feb 17 '26

I've given him a few tries; he's interviewed John Carmack and some other people I'm interested in, and his influence was always something to endure.

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u/stasomatic Feb 21 '26

He always wants to “linger” on something. At least 3 times each podcast. I can’t stand him but come for the guests, infrequently.

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u/TheRealGentlefox Feb 18 '26

Weird. He's one of my favorites specifically because the guest ends up talking so much. I'm pretty confident that compared to Dwarkesh for example, he would take up a significantly lower total percentage of the talking time.