Hundreds of People Paid to Eat Lobster and Talk About Their AI Assistants at a Convention in NYC

There's a new kind of convention in town, and it involves lobster, rap performances, and people gushing about their AI personal assistants. Welcome to ClawCon, which just took over New York City this weekend.

Hundreds of people showed up to what NBC News described as a "high-energy meet-and-greet" for fans of OpenClaw, a software platform that lets you set up your own AI agent that actually does stuff in the real world. We're talking people who have their AI ordering groceries, negotiating car prices with dealerships, and summarizing podcast episodes automatically.

The vibe was electric. There were main stage presentations, a dance floor, a VIP area upstairs with a livestream of the chaos below, and of course, a serious lobster spread. The lobster theme comes from the software's origins (it used to be called "Clawdbot" before Anthropic, the company behind Claude AI, politely suggested a name change).

"There's a kind of electricity and energy you can just feel in the room," said organizer Tomas Taylor. People who started using OpenClaw back in January were already calling themselves "veterans."

This isn't just a nerdy meetup. It's a sign that personal AI assistants are going mainstream, fast. The people at ClawCon aren't waiting for Big Tech to hand them the future. They're building it themselves, one lobster roll at a time.

As reported by NBC News.

Source: NBC News