OpenClaw Builders Receive Funding for AI Agent Tools

📝 OpenClaw Builders Are Going All In And We Backed 2! Two founders walked onto TWiST, showed us what they built with OpenClaw, and BOTH walked out with $125K offers — on the spot! Sean (@_seanliu) showed us how his project takes what Meta glasses see and completes actions using voice and OpenClaw. Vishnu (@an_engineer_log) built Agent37, which allows you to launch an OpenClaw instance for just $4.00/month! @preshdkumar has been using Open Claw to accelerate his productivity at The Wellness Company. Don't worry, we've already invested in him too! MEET EYWA — THE EMAIL-READING REPLICANT Presh also found a clever solution to prompt injection risks — he gave Eywa its own dedicated email address, keeping it completely separate from his personal inbox. No chance of a malicious email hijacking his agent's behavior. Smart security thinking from a builder who clearly understands the risks alongside the opportunity. MEET META RAY BANS MEET OPENCLAW Xiaoan "Sean" Liu (@_seanliu) took things to another level by connecting his Meta Ray Ban smart glasses directly to OpenClaw. The result is "VisionClaw" — a system where your Replicant can literally see what you see in real time. The implications are both exciting and a little dystopian. Imagine walking into a meeting and your replicant has already identified everyone in the room, pulled up their LinkedIn profiles, and prepared talking points. Sean and Jason talked about which kinds of startups will extract the most value from always-on, vision-enabled AI agents — and the consensus was clear: anything involving physical spaces is ripe for disruption. What makes VisionClaw particularly clever is that Sean didn't build custom hardware. He took an existing consumer product (Meta Ray Bans) and connected it to an existing AI platform (OpenClaw). That's the builder mindset in action: don't reinvent the wheel, just connect the wheels that already exist. MAKING OPENCLAW SIMPLER FOR EVERYONE Vishnu recognized something the other builders hadn't focused on: one of the biggest barriers to OpenClaw adoption is complexity. Setting up Replicants, configuring skills, and managing security can be intimidating for non-technical users. So he built a product to simplify the entire process — making OpenClaw accessible to people who aren't developers. Vishnu shared what he's learned about what makes people go from "I've heard of OpenClaw" to "I'm all in." The answer, unsurprisingly, is removing friction. Every extra step in the setup process is a point where potential users drop off. His tool aims to collapse those steps dramatically. This is a critical piece of the ecosystem. Platforms only become truly powerful when non-technical users can build on them. Think about how Shopify unlocked e-commerce for millions of people who couldn't code a website. Vishnu is trying to do the same thing for AI agents. $125K ON THE SPOT In a classic TWiST moment, both Vishnu and Sean accepted Jason's $125K investment offer on the spot during the episode. When someone like Jason puts money on the table, they don't hesitate because they already know what they've got. Two investments in one episode. That's rare even for TWiST. THE BUILDER COMMUNITY IS JUST GETTING STARTED What this episode made unmistakably clear is that OpenClaw isn't just a tool anymore — it's a platform with a growing ecosystem of builders creating things the original developers never imagined. From email-reading assistants to augmented reality integrations to accessibility layers, the use cases are expanding in every direction. The three builders on this episode represent three very different approaches: Presh built a vertical solution for his own business and proved the model works Sean pushed the boundaries of what inputs an AI agent can process • Vishnu focused on the infrastructure layer that will let the next wave of builders get started faster Together, they paint a picture of a maturing ecosystem. The early adopters have proven the concept. Now the tools are getting better, the community is growing, and the opportunities are multiplying. WE'RE INVESTING IN OPENCLAW STARTUPS Whether you're building on OpenClaw or just starting to explore AI agents, the message from this episode is clear: the time to start is NOW. The builders featured here started with curiosity and ended up with working products — and two of them walked away with investment deals to boot. If you've got a startup you wanna show the @LAUNCH team apply at http://launch.co/x/212T http://x.com/i/article/20219948837334425…