OpenClaw: the agent that started the wave

OpenClaw is an open-source, always-on AI agent you run on your own server. Instead of living in a chat tab, it lives on a machine 24/7 and talks to you through Telegram, Discord, Slack or the web — and it can use tools, keep memory, and act while you're asleep.

It went viral because it made one thing obvious: agents aren't a demo anymore. Normal people run them at home.