OpenClaw became popular in early 2026, gaining 175,000 stars on GitHub, and everyone chats with their personal AI assistant via Telegram.
It reads your emails, manages your schedule, conducts research, and writes code; you just need to say a word, and it can execute.
For many, this is the first time that 'having an AI assistant' truly makes practical sense, but after using it for a while, something feels a bit off.
Your AI assistant runs on a rented server costing $24 per month, provided by DigitalOcean. It understands your work habits, remembers every conversation, and comprehends your decision-making style. All this data is stored on the hard drive of that server.