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Today’s show: 

On Today’s action packed episode of This Week in Startups, our team is going full AI!

Jason is joined by Oliver Korzen and Lukas Durand from the LAUNCH team, alongside Rahul Sood, founder/CEO of Irrevernt Labs and founder of Voodoo PC.

With the rise of Clawdbot/Moltbot, the question on everyone’s mind is how fast, how much and how safe! Lukas and Oliver show off the ways that This Week in Startups are automating the hours of research and administrative tasks that take up our days and the what this means for running a podcast and venture firm.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Why we’re so obsessed with OpenClaw (Clawdbot)

(00:47) LAUNCH’s own Lukas Durand has joined the pod for the first time… Here’s how he and Jason met…

(02:26) Oliver is also here… check out his new series, This Week in AI

(03:11)How LAUNCH has its OpenClaw bot set up (without all the details!!!)

(06:03) The first few services that LAUNCH authenticated with our OpenClaw… And why!

(6:59) How OpenClaw is helping Oliver to book the show

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(14:08) Why OpenClaw sometimes struggles with context and memory, and how to work around it

(16:03) Understanding how to set up “cron jobs”

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(22:23) How OpenClaw works as our virtual podcast producer, and how much time we’ll save

(24:40) Can OpenClaw also help us prep the podcast agenda (aka THE DOCKET)?

(28:32) Lon chimes in to talk about how Claude helped him prep Jason’s Davos interviews

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(32:28) How many “Replicants” or AI agents does one company really need?

(36:09) Why Jason asked his OpenClaw bots to self-report on what they’re learning

(37:14) What OpenClaw WON’T do… Where did these guardrails come from?

(39:44)The hardware side… How much of this can you do from a Mac Studio?

(43:29) Zombie Staffers: How OpenClaw can “revive” long-lost employees…

(48:09) We’re putting OpenClaw in charge of the TWiST 500

(51:18) Rahul Sood joins us to talk about the dangers of OpenClaw and how to stay protected

(53:01) Why so many OpenClaw skills have major vulnerabilities

(1:00:00) Moltbook: Where bots hang out with other bots and share info

(1:06:44) Why powerful AI agents will make creative work by humans so much more important.

(1:07:22) Rahul’s final recommendations for max possible OpenClaw security

(1:14:00) Is OpenClaw going to bring hiring to a halt?

(1:21:10) Why getting comfortable with AI tools will become essential for every employee

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