OpenClaw's AI assistants are now building their own social network

A TechCrunch article reporting that OpenClaw's AI assistants were building their own social network. The companion cites it only in the habitat timeline (Fig. 4), among the protocols, payment rails, and platforms that people built for agents between 2024 and 2026.

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the companion paper (Companion Fig. 4)

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Fig. 4 (habitat timeline)

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Agent infrastructure & the datasphere habitat · Datasphere composition & agent platforms

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@misc{heim2026openclaw,
  title = {OpenClaw's AI assistants are now building their own social network},
  author = {Anna Heim},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {TechCrunch},
  url = {https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/openclaws-ai-assistants-are-now-building-their-own-social-network/},
}