Oliver's Larry Skill Background

This Week In Startups is made possible by:Caldera Lab - [calderalab.com/twist](https://calderalab.com/twist)Iru - [iru.com](http://Iru.com/twist)LinkedIn Jobs - http://linkedin.com/twist*OpenClaw is incredible at automating tasks. But what if it could also fix your startup’s internal communication problems? Give agents shared memory, and you may be able to break down information silos while ensuring that teammates have the same context.@oliverhenry and @jeffweisbein demo what they’ve actually built with OpenClaw, including marketing automations, agentic loops, and bug fixing tools. Then we dig into what agentic infrastructure means for how startups operate, and why traditional SaaS products need to quickly adapt for the agentic era.Oliver Henry: The creator of the ‘[Larry](https://clawhub.ai/OllieWazza/larry)’ OpenClaw skill, and founder of [Larrybrain](https://www.larrybrain.com/)Jeff Weisbein: The Claw-pilled founder of [WizardRFP](https://www.wizardrfp.com/) and [WhoCoversIt](https://www.whocoversit.com/), who shared his OpenClaw framework [publicly](https://weisbe.in/openclaw) and built a [getting-started guide for the tool](https://github.com/jeffweisbein/openclaw-starter-kit)**Timestamps:** 00:00 Intro

(00:01:43) Here’s why you never ski alone in a blizzard!

(00:04:22) Why everyone at LAUNCH is going to get their own Mac Mini and AI agent

(00:08:06) “OpenClaw has changed my entire solo-preneur lifestyle.” — Jeff Weinstein of Hype Lab

(00:09:06) Jason’s urgent API message to Steve Huffman of Reddit

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(00:15:12) Oliver shows us his Larry Skill to make viral TikTok content with zero human intervention

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(00:21:22) Why are platforms like TikTok still so hostile toward bots?

(00:24:45) The shift from asking a chatbot how to do things, to just telling an agent to do things

(00:26:05) How Oliver is training Larry to get better at its job

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(00:32:47) Why making your agent more PROACTIVE is more important than automating everything

(00:37:14) Why pull requests… just aren’t really a thing any more.

(00:39:40) How Jason is using his new AI assistant, “Roy,” to keep track of everything going on at his company

(00:53:00) Is the SaaS crash actually rational after all?

(00:51:48) Using AI to create “pools of excellence”

(00:54:03) The more you integrate software into AI, the less valuable the software becomes

(00:56:56) Why “Agentify Your SaaS” may become the rallying cry

(00:58:31) How has the age verification scandal impacted Discord’s IPO plans?

(01:03:10) When you want to build your own skill vs. downloading someone else’s

(01:03:53) How Larrybrain finds helpful skills and helps creators monetize

(01:08:32) When we will get true experts making verifiably top skills?

(01:11:40) Jason’s SCARY but also AWESOME new OpenClaw CEO tools

(01:18:35) Why a lot of MBAs should probably have PhD’s

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