Personal AI agents go from weekend project to every major lab in under a year
thisiskp_ · x · 2026-10-22
A timeline of the rise of personal AI agents: from OpenClaw (Nov 2025) as a weekend project, through Hermes Agent by NousResearch (Feb 2026), Town, @bot, Instinct, Muse by Meta (Sep 2026), Dots by OpenAI, and now Claude Duet (Oct 2026).
Claude Duet, now in research preview, positions Claude as a proactive agent: it surfaces what needs your attention, completes tasks, keeps working when you step away, and checks before acting on your behalf.
In under a year, personal agents went from hobby projects to a product category every major lab ships.
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