Why Proprietary Clawdbot Rivals Like Duet Took 9 Months to Ship
altryne · x · 2026-10-22
Peter Gostev notes that nine months after the open-source personal agent Clawdbot (now OpenClaw) went viral, companies are only now shipping proprietary versions—Grok Bot, Instinct, Muse, Dots, and now Duet.
altryne explains the lag: Clawdbot was an idea running locally on your own hardware with little security in mind (back when your passwords lived in plaintext files at home), while commercial versions must handle real infrastructure and security, adding significant complexity. He also teases a chat with ChrisGPT, who thinks Duet will come out on top.
Related event: OpenClaw Went Viral Nine Months Before Big Tech Followed(3 posts)→
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