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Everyone’s Raising a ‘Lobster’: How OpenClaw Turned Workers into AI Employers and Big Tech into Shovel-Sellers

OpenClaw, an open-source agent framework, has ignited a grassroots boom in China where users deploy autonomous AI agents to automate work. The surge is creating lucrative install-and-host businesses and handing cloud and model vendors a new token-driven monetization route, even as security risks and misconfigurations prompt official warnings.