Timeline: personal AI agents went from a weekend project to every major lab in under a year
thisiskp_ · x · 2026-10-22
thisiskp charted the rise of personal AI agents: OpenClaw (Nov 2025, a weekend project), Hermes Agent by NousResearch (Feb 2026), Town (Jun 2026), bot and Instinct (Aug 2026), Muse by Meta and Dots by OpenAI (Sep 2026), and Duet by Anthropic (Oct 2026). Less than a year from hobby project to every major lab shipping one.
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