OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again
by ed on 1/30/2026, 5:14:48 AM
https://openclaw.ai/blog/introducing-openclaw
Comments
by: sbinnee
It's hilarious that atm I see "Moltbook" at the top of HN. And it is actually not Moltbot anymore? But I have to admit that OpenClaw sounds much better.
1/30/2026, 7:46:16 AM
by: ripped_britches
Apparently it had another name before Clawdbot as well, I think BotRelay or something. It’s on pragmatic engineer
1/30/2026, 8:13:05 AM
by: bob1029
I would have stood my ground on the first name longer. Make these legal teams do some actual work to prove they are serious. Wait until you have no other option. A polite request is just that. You can happily ignore these.<p>The 2nd name change is just inexcusable. It's hard to take a project seriously when a random asshole on Twitter can provoke a name change like this. Leads me to believe that identity is more important than purpose.
1/30/2026, 7:26:37 AM
by: popalchemist
How to annoy and alienate your target audience in 2 short weeks.
1/30/2026, 8:16:08 AM
by: rcarmo
This is indeed feeling very much like Accelerando’s particular brand of unchecked chaos. Loving every minute of it, first thing in our timeline that makes sense where it regards AI for the masses :)
1/30/2026, 7:59:53 AM
by: golem14
Should have named it “bot formerly known as Moltbot” and invented a new emoji sigil :)
1/30/2026, 8:11:07 AM
by: doanbactam
What if Lamborghini had acquired Claw to automate their vehicles?
1/30/2026, 8:02:27 AM
by: vibeprofessor
hackers don't like fellow hackers based on sentiment i see here
1/30/2026, 7:59:06 AM
by: villgax
Hilarious to see the most pointless vibecoded slop written to interact with an RDP server. Unnecessary introduces loopholes.
1/30/2026, 8:15:38 AM
by: ChrisArchitect
Previously:<p><i>Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot</i><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783863">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783863</a>
1/30/2026, 6:34:57 AM
by: yieldcrv
amateur hour, new phase of the AI bubble<p>reminds me of Andre Conje, cracked dev, "builds in public", absolutely abysmal at comms, and forgets to make money off of his projects that everyone else is making money off of<p>(all good if that last point isn't a priority, but its interrelated to why people want consistent things)
1/30/2026, 8:10:28 AM
by: ChrisArchitect
Right now I'm just thinking about all the molt* domains..... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
1/30/2026, 6:42:55 AM
by: blurayfin
and openclaw.com is a law firm.
1/30/2026, 7:34:22 AM