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Behind the Scenes with an early OpenClaw contributor! | E2252

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Feb 26, 2026
Louis Tam, founder of Foundry and creator of Unbrowse, shows how web UIs become callable APIs. Tyler Yust, early OpenClaw contributor and indie dev, discusses integrations, sub-agents, and running agents locally. Deedy Das, Menlo Ventures investor, analyzes AI product trends and market impacts. They dive into OpenClaw governance, iMessage and bookkeeping integrations, agent architecture, and Unbrowse demos.
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INSIGHT

Agentic Behavior Was Enabled By Post‑Training

  • The shift enabling agents was post-training for tool-calling and long-running tasks rather than only better Q&A models.
  • Deedy highlights March–April 2025 as the moment agentic behavior and tool-calling became practical.
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LLM Products Are Reaching Billion Dollar Run Rates Fast

  • Frontier LLM products (e.g., Claude Code) are scaling revenue unusually fast — billions ARR within a few years.
  • Deedy notes 4.6 Opus and Claude Code as rapidly adopted, high-growth offerings with atypical run-rates.
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Lab Safety Collides With Military Procurement Power

  • The Anthropic–Pentagon dispute illustrates tension between lab safety stances and national security demands.
  • Deedy frames it as a philosophical dilemma: private labs may resist military use but governments can use procurement power or designation to compel access.
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