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In 2007, when the first iPhone was released, Apple founder Steve Jobs made a clever joke: he first said that Apple would release three products at the event, an iPod music player, a mobile phone, and an internet device, and then the iPhone appeared out of nowhere, a single product that encompassed the functions of three products.

A similar design was featured at last night's Mars Integrated Kitchen Appliances launch event: they claimed to be releasing 12 products, including a range hood, gas stove, steam oven, oven, dishwasher, disinfection cabinet, dryer, fruit and vegetable machine, sink, air fryer, food processor, and electric slow cooker. However, they actually released the Space Magician Suite Integrated Cooking Center M80 and Integrated Cleaning Center W80.

Two products, covering the functions of 12 products.

The Era of Subtraction and Integration in Kitchen Appliances

If we were to choose the most overlooked yet most authentically reflective space of changing lifestyles, the kitchen would likely be the most typical example.

Over the past few decades, Chinese family kitchens have undergone an evolution that has been almost entirely additive: with stoves, then range hoods; wanting to cook more dishes, add steam ovens and ovens; wanting to free up hands, add dishwashers; wanting to be healthier, add water purifiers, disinfection cabinets, air fryers… Each product solves a specific problem and meets a specific need. As equipment continues to be added, various kitchen appliances have begun to crowd the kitchen space.

As a result, the kitchen space in most families has become a personal space, making it difficult to accommodate two people working together.

Another statistic is that over the past few decades, the average living space per person in China has increased fivefold, but the kitchen area has only increased by about twofold. Today, the average kitchen area in Chinese families is less than 8 square meters, but it often needs to accommodate more than 8 kitchen appliances.

Even with advancements in renovation and design capabilities, the problem persists: countertops are increasingly cluttered with appliances, wall cabinets are becoming more cramped, and workflows are becoming more complex. More functions are being added, but less space is available. This is why, in recent years, "integration" has become one of the most important directions in the kitchen appliance industry.

With the above background in mind, and considering the success of the first-generation iPhone, we can understand the positioning of Mars Integrated Kitchen Appliances' Space Magician series: the Integrated Cooking Center M80 and the Integrated Cleaning Center W80, and the problems they aim to solve.

Following the concept of integration and subtraction, the Mars Space Magician Suite combines the functions of twelve major kitchen products—range hood, cooktop, oven, slow cooker, air fryer, steamer, disinfection cabinet, dishwasher, sink, garbage disposal, dish cabinet, and drying cabinet—into one, achieving "N-machine integration" within a space of less than 1 square meter for each individual product, thus freeing up valuable countertop and wall cabinet space in the kitchen.

Integration and simplification can sometimes be beneficial, such as the M80's integration of the range hood and cooktop, which places the smoke inlet closer to the source of cooking fumes. Combined with low-altitude near-suction technology, its smoke extraction effect is better than traditional range hoods. The fan operates with a cruising airflow of 32m³/min and a maximum static pressure of 1300Pa, while maintaining a noise level of 45dB. Mars Integrated Kitchen Appliances claims that even after continuously stir-frying 100 chili peppers, it can ensure that no cooking fumes escape from the kitchen.

After the steam oven module is integrated with the range hood system, the steam generated during operation can be directly exhausted to the rear, which can reduce long-term erosion of the cabinet space and solve the problem of scalding steam when the traditional steam oven is turned on.

For users, the most direct significance of this change lies not in the parameters, but in the space. Kitchen countertops become clean again, wall cabinets are no longer divided by various appliances, and the space that was previously occupied by appliances is transformed back into a work area or living space. Marsman summarizes this change in a simple sentence: Reconstructing the kitchen, returning space to life.

From pre-meal ingredient purification, washing, cutting and preparation to post-meal tableware cleaning, storage and drying, the W80 integrated cleaning center allows users to avoid walking back and forth between different areas of the kitchen. On average, this reduces cooking time by 10 minutes per meal and reduces unnecessary steps by 500 steps per day.

If we broaden our perspective further, this is actually a recurring trend in the consumer electronics industry: from cameras, navigation systems, and music players being integrated into mobile phones, to automobiles gradually moving from distributed computing to domain controllers and then to a central supercomputing system with a more centralized domain controller architecture, an important direction of technological progress is to integrate complex systems into simpler products.

The kitchen begins to "understand cooking".

If the main stage for AI in the past few years was in the software world, then in the last year or two, a clear trend has emerged: AI is rapidly entering the hardware field.
From mobile phones and cars to home appliances, more and more devices are beginning to have their own intelligent brains, and kitchen appliances are no exception.

In the products released by Marsman this time, AI does not appear as a simple voice assistant with a long mouth, but rather comes with eyes and a brain.

First is the ability to perceive.

The M80's integrated AI Sky Eye Fire and Smoke Control System can identify different cooking states through sensors, such as stir-frying, deep-frying, and slow-cooking, and automatically match the corresponding firepower and smoke extraction strategies.

When the oil temperature in the pan rises and the smoke increases, the system will automatically increase the air volume; when cooking is finished or the time away from the heat is too long, it can also actively turn off the heat to prevent dry burning.

In the higher-end M80 Pro version, the system adds air monitoring and automatic ventilation functions, which can detect kitchen air quality in real time and automatically activate ventilation mode. At the same time, the M80 Pro version's unique millimeter-wave radar configuration supports "sentinel mode," which can maintain safety monitoring after the user leaves. For example, if it detects that the stove has been on for a long time but there are no signs of human movement, it will choose to turn off the heat source, completely solving the problem of "leaving the house but still wondering if you turned off the stove."

In other words, the kitchen is beginning to understand what is happening.

This capability is almost non-existent in traditional kitchen appliances. Past equipment was more like a tool – users needed to constantly monitor the heat, adjust the airflow and flame, and judge the status. With the intervention of AI, some of these judgments are now being made by machines.

Another change is in its knowledge capabilities. The M80's screen system has a large number of master recipes built-in, allowing users to directly access cooking programs, with the system automatically controlling the temperature, time, and heat.

The system also includes an AI-powered dietary manager that can provide dietary advice based on health needs such as low-fat and low-sugar diets.

If we're going to add any value to this, it's that AI is digitizing experience. Past cooking experiences came from parents, chefs, or long-term practice, but in the AI ​​era, some of those experiences can be replicated and distributed to every household by algorithms and models.

From a product perspective alone, integrated kitchen appliances represent a technological innovation. However, from a longer-term perspective, they are more like a reconstruction of lifestyle.

Over the past few decades, the kitchen has gradually become a highly functional space: range hoods solve the problem of cooking fumes, dishwashers solve the problem of cleaning, ovens solve the problem of baking… each appliance solves a specific task. More and more families are finding that although the kitchen is fully equipped, they rarely spend time there; it is more like a place to complete tasks than a part of life.

Before the advent of the iPhone, the consumer electronics industry experienced a similar situation. Since the iPhone, products such as point-and-shoot cameras, voice recorders, e-readers, music players, and even wallets have been successively replaced. This was a victory for product form, operating system, and software ecosystem, and also a typical generational shift in mobile phone products—the "iPhone moment" in business history. Clearly, Mars Integrated Kitchen Appliances aims to replicate a similar "iPhone moment" in the kitchen appliance industry.

In fact, Mars Integrated Kitchen Appliances also gave another example at the launch: In the past, if you wanted to achieve a 0-100 km/h acceleration time of less than 5 seconds, you had to buy a sports car; if you wanted quietness and comfort, you had to buy a luxury executive sedan; if you wanted better road handling, you had to buy an SUV; if you wanted to entertain business guests, you had to buy an MPV; but last year, large six-seater SUVs represented by NIO ES8 met all of the above needs at the same time, and even went further in areas such as battery swapping.

By analogy, the era of separate kitchen appliances is like the era of gasoline-powered cars, while integrated kitchen appliances represent the era of new energy vehicles. New energy vehicles don't just change the powertrain; they redesign the entire vehicle architecture, spatial layout, and driving experience. Similarly, Mars believes that integrated kitchen appliances are not merely about combining devices; they are redefining the structure and usage of the kitchen—fewer appliances, more space, and a better lifestyle.

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Last week, Tencent held a massive OpenClaw installation event outside its Shenzhen office, creating a new era of "egg giveaways." Even Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) exclaimed on his WeChat Moments, "I didn't expect it to be so popular."

Yesterday, Shenzhen's Longgang District released an unprecedented subsidy policy for lobsters, prompting calls to rename the district "Lobster District."

Today, things got even more exciting: Tencent's CSIG (Cloud and Smart Industry Group) released three products/updates compatible with OpenClaw in a single day.

They are:

• QClaw, originally from Tencent PC Manager team, is now also part of CSIG?
• WorkBuddy
• Tencent Cloud Light Cloud

The most noteworthy of these is QClaw.

This is a local AI assistant built by Tencent PC Manager based on OpenClaw, which can be installed with one click. In layman's terms, it's an OpenClaw "shell". Around this time last year, there was also a shell agent product called Manus that went viral online.

Here's the key point: QClaw has a killer feature that none of the current OpenClaw products have— you can directly chat with the lobster on WeChat and have it do the work for you.

QClaw is not yet officially open for internal testing, but APPSO will share its experience with everyone as soon as possible.

QClaw website
https://claw.guanjia.qq.com/#LINK_COPYRIGHT

Making "raising lobsters" as simple as installing WeChat

According to the official website, it supports both Mac and Windows platforms, and includes the Kimi-2.5 model. The interface shown by beta testers can be linked to built-in models such as Kimi, Minimax, GLM, and DeepSeek by default, and also allows users to customize large models.

Of course, the most important feature is that it can be directly connected to WeChat with zero configuration. Whether you are commuting or lying on the sofa, you can send a message to this "lobster" on WeChat and it can remotely control your computer to do work.

QClaw is backed by a vast skills ecosystem, linking ClawHub and GitHub, and boasts a reserve of over 5,000 skills. This means it can not only chat with you, but also help you run code, look up data, and even manage projects, offering a comprehensive skill set.

This lobster also has the ability of "persistent memory". It will remember your preferences and context like an old friend. The longer you use it, the more comfortable it becomes, and it will truly grow into a lobster that understands you.

Regarding the data security issue that many people are concerned about, QClaw keeps all data locally and does not upload it to the cloud.

Of course, since system-level operations (such as file operations and browser control) are required, you will need to grant certain permissions. It is recommended to set strong passwords and authentication tokens, restrict chat access to trusted contacts only, and enable secondary confirmation for sensitive operations.

Qclaw's integration process emphasizes a "foolproof" operation, which seems very user-friendly:
1. Download the client: Currently supports both Mac and Windows platforms (download is not available at the moment).
2. Scan to bind: After installation and opening, scan the QR code on the screen with your WeChat.
3. Get Started: After successful binding, you will have a new "Lobster" friend in your WeChat.

What can you do by "raising lobsters" on WeChat and QQ?

So, after all that, what exactly can QClaw do?

Currently, the official website does not support downloads. According to the official beta testing group, the beta test is expected to officially open next week. It will be developed using invitation codes, and the official statement is that it will be free during the beta test to resolve token anxiety.

APPSO has also provided a link for beta registration: https://wj.qq.com/s2/25871229/abe7/

To put it simply, when you're out having fun and your boss suddenly needs data, all you have to do is say to WeChat, "Open the Q3 report.xlsx file on my desktop and sum the data in column 3," and it can remotely control your computer, open the file, calculate the data, and send the result back to you via WeChat.

Being physically present in a coffee shop while living at your workstation – that's true remote work freedom.

While others are still struggling to come up with topics, write copy, and reply to comments, you only need to say, "Help me post a note about AI efficiency on Xiaohongshu and interact automatically," and it can generate a note, publish it with one click, and even automatically reply to comments to help you gain followers.

You lie down, it rolls up – will this be the ultimate form of social media operation in the future?

Common programming functions are also supported. You can say "Create a Chrome extension project and automatically commit it to GitHub", and it will create a folder, write code, and push to the repository in one go, all without any manual intervention.

Your advisor said "submit the review paper next week," but you haven't even seen the title? Don't panic! Just tell it to "search for review papers on LLM Agents from the last 3 years and compile them into PDFs." The entire service—searching, filtering, writing the review paper, and exporting the PDF—is delivered directly to you.

You may not have a partner in real life, but you can have an AI that reminds you of the weather every morning at 8 o'clock sharp, reminds you to bring an umbrella when it rains, and urges you to put on more clothes when it gets cold. It's more punctual than your mother and more reliable than your partner—if you have one.

If this product is officially launched, it will likely be one of the most accessible OpenClaw connectivity solutions on the market. Moreover, it encapsulates complex Agent technology into a "lobster" that can be summoned anytime via WeChat.

While QClaw enables "direct interaction with lobsters within personal WeChat," it is entirely different from the OpenClaw integration used by Lark and WeChat Work.

This morning, WeChat Work also officially announced the integration of OpenClaw with smart robots, enabling not only direct dialogue but also quick data writing to smart spreadsheets via OpenClaw.

Meanwhile, Tencent's version of Lobster WorkBuddy was also officially launched, fully compatible with OpenClaw skills, and it can also connect to tools such as QQ, Lark, and DingTalk.

Tencent's swift action in chasing the lobster trend is almost a race to make its stance clear.

To be honest, integrating lobster functionality into WeChat isn't technically difficult at all. The real reason it's been slow to act is obvious to everyone—a national-level application with 1.4 billion users, no matter how appealing OpenClaw is, can't afford to relax its vigilance regarding security and data.

The greater the ability, the heavier the burden; this cannot be rushed.

Regardless of WeChat's choice, the battle for new AI entry points has quietly shifted its focus.

A comment made by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy under a post yesterday sparked heated discussion. His point was straightforward and disruptive: future software will no longer be for humans, but for AI agents.

What he shared was a long article by Box CEO Aaron Levie. It contained a rather outrageous statement:

If your product cannot register accounts via API or allow intelligent agents to operate autonomously, it is "virtually dead" in the AI ​​era. Intelligent agents will replace humans as the "first users" of all software, and the logic of software design must leap directly from "API priority" to "API exclusivity."

This may sound extreme, but if you think about it carefully, it hits the very truth that the entire industry is least willing to face.

Last week, APPSO, in its analysis of OpenClaw, raised the point that Lobster has given instant messaging software a renewed chance to become like WeChat . The key question is: in the agent era, to what extent should a chat platform be open?

Think about it: when a chat window can invoke any agent to complete all tasks from booking tickets and writing code to running data analysis, it's no longer just a message pipeline—it's becoming a super interface. And the most suitable entity for this position has always been WeChat.

However, can an open ecosystem truly achieve that "omnipotent" level of service without compromising security? To be honest, no one dares to make that guarantee right now.

But the seed has already been planted, and you can feel that a completely new form is already sprouting.

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Last week, after BYD released its second-generation blade battery and megawatt-level flash charging technology, apart from the owners of the 2025 model cars jokingly saying they were "backstabbed," the most ridiculed topic among netizens was whether NIO was "doomed."

It's no wonder people are worried about NIO.

According to BYD's official data, the latest flash charging technology can charge from 10% to 70% in just 5 minutes at room temperature, and to 97% in just 9 minutes; even in an extremely cold environment of -30°C, it only takes 3 minutes longer than at room temperature.

More importantly, this extreme speed is not achieved at the expense of battery safety and lifespan.

In a public demonstration, the battery pack underwent 500 flash charge cycles and was simultaneously charged at high power while undergoing a steel needle penetration test, without producing any smoke or fire. It also passed subsequent tests, including a simultaneous short circuit test of four battery cells with no heat spread and a chassis scraping impact test with standards up to 10 times higher than the new national standard.

Based on this technological foundation, BYD directly raised the battery warranty standard to a capacity retention rate of 77.5% and provided a lifetime warranty for the battery cells.

So if charging can be as fast as refueling, and if safety and lifespan can withstand extreme tests, what is the point of NIO's unique value built on its battery swapping stations?

Different paths lead to the same goal

Two days after BYD's technology launch, NIO CEO William Li admitted in an interview that…

Battery swapping and ultra-fast charging are not contradictory; they solve problems in different scenarios and each has its own advantages.

Indeed, BYD's disruptive technology will not harm NIO in the short term.

After all, BYD's technology is currently still a proprietary ecosystem. To experience the "5-minute full charge" speed, users must own a BYD car equipped with the second-generation blade battery and go to a BYD-built flash charging station; both are indispensable.

Even though BYD announced that other new energy vehicle owners can also use the flash charging stations, without the underlying support of the second-generation blade battery, other vehicles can still only maintain the regular charging speed.

Furthermore, the charging mode has never been the only factor influencing consumers' car purchase decisions.

Looking back at when BYD first launched its megawatt-level flash charging technology in March 2025, it did not instantly ignite sales as expected. The market performance of the Tang L EV and Han L EV can only be described as mediocre.

NIO's battery swap stations are only open to NIO owners, and BYD's flash charging stations only serve BYD owners.

Judging from the current competitive landscape, NIO and BYD are not directly competing on the same battlefield, but rather deepening their connection with users within their respective closed ecosystems.

In a sense, NIO is not a victim in this battery technology revolution; on the contrary, it may be the biggest beneficiary.

The original intention of NIO's battery swapping system is to "decouple the vehicle from the battery," separating the battery from the vehicle's assets and protecting users from the risk of depreciation caused by the rapid iteration of battery technology.

When new batteries with higher energy density and lower heat generation appear on the market, NIO can easily fit more compact cells into standard battery cases and provide them seamlessly for upgrades to existing car owners.

The unified management and maintenance model of battery swapping stations completely eliminates users' concerns about battery damage, degradation, and depreciation.

This is precisely the core value that NIO has always been proud of: "chargeable, swappable, and upgradable".

However, while NIO has no immediate worries, it does have long-term concerns.

In the past, when charging mainstream pure electric vehicles often took forty or fifty minutes, NIO's battery swapping system had an overwhelming efficiency advantage.

However, when flash charging technology compresses the charging time to less than 10 minutes, consumers' overall acceptance of pure electric vehicles will increase significantly, and the scarcity of the "fast and worry-free" battery swapping model will inevitably be diluted.

NIO's unique appeal will undoubtedly be put to the test for potential new users.

Moreover, NIO is backed by a massive asset network with over 3,700 battery swapping stations and a cumulative investment of over 18 billion yuan.

The healthy operation of this system is highly dependent on the continued growth in sales. Only when the number of car owners continues to expand can the infrastructure costs per vehicle be reduced. Once the growth rate of new users slows down, the balance of this asset-heavy model becomes quite fragile.

The real victims: range extenders

If the impact of flash charging on NIO is still at the level of "pressure," then the impact on range-extended vehicles is much more direct.

The fundamental logic behind the existence of range-extended vehicles is to provide a compromise solution to address the pain points of pure electric vehicles, namely "slow charging and short range".

Its design concept is that since pure electric vehicles are difficult to get rid of range anxiety, why not install an engine in the car to generate electricity from oil to extend the range, so that users can drive out with peace of mind when charging is inconvenient.

In an era where charging infrastructure is still underdeveloped and charging speed is far slower than refueling, this solution certainly has a huge market potential.

However, once flash charging technology reduces the charging time to less than 10 minutes, the prerequisite for the existence of range-extended vehicles is directly eliminated.

A 10-minute charge is all it takes to get back on the road, which is virtually indistinguishable from refueling.

This is precisely the whole reason for the existence of range-extended vehicles. When pure electric power itself is no longer a source of anxiety, range-extended vehicles, which carry the burden of an engine, fuel tank, and large battery, have gone from a "win-win" solution to a "one-track mindset that leads to problems at both ends."

Compared to pure electric vehicles of the same class, range-extended electric vehicles are heavier, consume more energy, and have a more complex mechanical structure. Whether in terms of daily use or subsequent maintenance costs, they cannot compete with pure electric vehicles.

To cope with the extremely rare scenario of "what if it can't be charged," range-extended vehicle users have to endure extra weight, higher fuel consumption, and engine noise for 99% of their daily driving time.

As this "what if" becomes increasingly rare with the widespread adoption of fast charging technology, consumers will naturally find it increasingly difficult to accept the heavy price they have to pay for it.

BYD's breakthrough in flash charging technology is not just a competition between NIO and BYD in terms of strategy, but a strong signal of the accelerated differentiation and evolution of the entire new energy vehicle market.

As leading battery companies and vehicle manufacturers follow suit with megawatt-level flash charging technology, and as solid-state batteries gradually move from the laboratory to mass production, the last core weakness of pure electric vehicles is being rapidly addressed.

At that time, consumers will no longer need to compromise on fuel capacity due to "charging anxiety" when purchasing a car, further eroding the core competitive advantages of traditional gasoline vehicles and range-extended vehicles. The domestic auto market is highly likely to evolve into a new landscape dominated by pure electric vehicles, and the survival space for gasoline and range-extended vehicles will be continuously compressed, ultimately perhaps only retaining a place in remote areas with weak charging infrastructure.

Therefore, the real focus of this round of industry reshuffling is not on whether "battery swapping" or "fast charging" is better or worse, but on how quickly they will jointly end the era of internal combustion engines.

As Li Yunfei, General Manager of BYD's Brand and Public Relations Department, said in an interview—

While fast charging and battery swapping seem like different approaches, I believe they both aim to promote the transition from gasoline to electric vehicles. Battery swapping addresses the issue of slow charging for many users, hence the adoption of this solution. BYD, on the other hand, uses a different approach, so I think they ultimately lead to the same goal.

Although NIO and BYD have taken two completely different technological paths, they are heading in the same direction: to enable more people to buy a pure electric vehicle without any worries.

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In just one week, lobster FOMO swept the globe.

As a result, the Mac mini quickly sold out on major e-commerce platforms. Apple's official website shows that orders placed now will not arrive until the end of April at the earliest. Furthermore, some second-hand platforms have even spawned services like "renting a Mac mini to raise lobsters".

QQ and WeChat Work have both announced their integration with beta testing, and major cloud vendors are following suit. Those who managed to snag a Mac mini and complete deployment are now asking the same existential question in online communities:

Then what?

This issue is not surprising. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent framework created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger. It supports running on local hardware and can issue commands directly through communication tools such as WhatsApp, QQ, and WeChat Work, allowing AI to truly "get things done" rather than just replying to chat messages.

Its capabilities are theoretically limitless. But precisely because of this, most people, faced with a tool that "can do everything," don't know where to begin.

So we gathered a group of people who are "seriously raising lobsters" to see just how many tricks this "lobster" can pull off.

Insert OpenClaw into a retro dial phone, and you can chat with an "old man" by simply picking up the receiver.

For geeks, the most interesting thing about OpenClaw is that it has almost no hardware requirements.

A $25 used Android phone, given full hardware access, can run a fully functional AI agent. The Reddit community then began to imagine more possibilities: inexpensive phones could be mass-produced to form AI clusters for various automated tasks.

But wait, there's more. One developer has built a truly pocket-sized personal AI assistant using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, a WM8960 microphone and speaker module, and a PiSugar rechargeable battery, with a total cost of approximately $100 to $120.

Usage is extremely simple: press the button to record, release it and the voice will be automatically transcribed and sent to the AI. The response is displayed in real time on the LCD screen, and you can also choose to play the audio reading. The system uses Tailscale's secure network, automatically restarts after a crash, and is running immediately upon boot. The project code is now open source and has quickly attracted a group of players who are replicating it.

An even more contrasting approach is to connect this system to a retro dial telephone.

When a user picks up the handset and dials, their voice is transcribed in real-time by Deepgram and sent to the AI. The AI ​​then responds using a custom voice provided by ElevenLabs, making the entire call sound "like chatting with an old man." OpenClaw can even proactively "call back," and when a call comes in, a realistic mechanical ringtone will sound.

A monthly salary of 2431 yuan can hire a 6-person AI team that never leaves work and never takes a day off.

Of course, the most direct use is to turn OpenClaw into an AI team that never goes off duty.

Shubham Saboo, a senior AI product manager at Google, built an automated team of six AI agents based on OpenClaw. Named after characters from an American TV show, these agents are responsible for intelligence gathering, tweet writing, LinkedIn content creation, news briefing, code review, and community management.

The entire system runs on a Mac mini, and Saboo only needs to spend 10 minutes each morning approving documents to free up 4 to 5 hours to focus on higher-value work.

The core design philosophy of the system is "simplicity". Each Agent's identity and behavioral guidelines are defined in a 40 to 60-line SOUL.md text file, a shared folder replaces the complex API communication framework, and a two-layer memory mechanism allows the AI ​​to better understand your style over time.

The entire system costs less than $400 per month, which is approximately 2,431 yuan.

Saboo's core idea is that models themselves are already a universally available basic resource; what truly differentiates us is the system built around those models, including agent configuration files, memory mechanisms, and the accumulation of continuous optimization. This system will continuously optimize over time, ultimately becoming your own personalized asset.

The same applies to business scenarios. YouTuber Matthew Berman created a unique identity for OpenClaw: a unique name, email address, and a complete workspace account, allowing it to take over sponsor inboxes as a "full-time employee."

Every 10 minutes, it automatically scans incoming emails, verifies the company's authenticity, scores them across five dimensions, and automatically replies, archives, or escalates the process based on the score. The entire workflow is integrated with HubSpot CRM, automatically updating and notifying the team when contract stages change, all without requiring manual intervention.

In terms of system architecture, Berman has established multiple parallel mechanisms for OpenClaw: dual-version prompt words are optimized for Claude and GPT respectively, and drift is automatically detected every night; Telegram pushes messages in batches according to priority to avoid information bombardment; all call and error logs are centrally recorded, and the system can self-repair by simply saying "check the logs and fix the problem" every morning.

He also integrated modules such as meeting transcription, knowledge base, and financial tracking, allowing OpenClaw to always have a comprehensive grasp of the business. He frankly admitted that after spending more than 4.5 billion tokens and undergoing continuous optimization, the core logic was only one: treat it like a real employee, gradually granting it more permissions as trust is built up.

Most impressive is the practice of analyst Azeem Azhar.

He deployed an OpenClaw system on his Mac mini at home, and it has been running continuously for a month. Every morning at six o'clock, a morning briefing is automatically pushed to WhatsApp, covering the schedule, priority emails, research updates, and meeting preparation materials generated in conjunction with the CRM relationship network. The entire system is divided into eight parallel dialogue channels, corresponding to scenarios such as new book writing, CRM maintenance, and research assistant, with the same AI operating in eight identities simultaneously.

While writing the speech, Azeem sent a short voice command and then went to read. 40 minutes later, the five sub-agents had completed memory retrieval, information gathering, data verification, format research, and narrative design in parallel, outputting a complete 4,600-word manuscript that matched his personal style. The actual token consumption was three orders of magnitude lower than expected, and the total cost was less than three dollars.

Meanwhile, Agent is also automatically refactoring code, scanning for security vulnerabilities, and optimizing GitHub repositories every night, all while he is asleep.

Give OpenClaw a "warm" shell.

When AI starts processing tasks in the background, staring at the scrolling screen on the terminal is clearly not intuitive. So a group of developers began creating a more user-friendly interactive interface for OpenClaw.

YooAI is one of the most distinctive standalone applications, capable of transforming mundane task logs into perceptible emotional changes: when the agent is thinking, particle animations present seven different emotional states;

The "Brain Memory" module responds to each tool call with neural network animations; the activity timeline scrolls to display the task progress, and token consumption is clear at a glance.

The entire interface does not require a browser and runs independently. The configuration instructions are also quite user-friendly for beginners.

The 3D office solution goes a step further. Users can stroll through the virtual space, switch camera perspectives to track the work progress of different agents, initiate conversations directly with AI characters on the screen, play background music for the working agents, or freely adjust the furniture layout of the office.

It's no wonder that some developers have remarked: This is becoming less and less like a monitoring dashboard and more like a real, functioning AI workplace.

OpenClaw wants to take over your Gmail, your robotic arm, your 3D printer.

OpenClaw's agent capabilities are moving from the screen into real life.

Currently, a team has integrated it into the Unitree G1 humanoid robot, enabling the AI ​​to understand and manipulate physical space by integrating LiDAR, stereo cameras, and RGB cameras.

This system introduces a "spatial agent memory" mechanism, which encodes hours of video footage into a multi-dimensional vector space, enabling AI to answer real-life questions such as "Where did I put my car keys?", "Who came by last Monday?", and "Who spent the most time in the kitchen?"

The bigger ambition is to coordinate multiple robots in a unified manner.

The same OpenClaw Agent can simultaneously command humanoid robots, quadruped robots, xARM robotic arms, and Piper robotic arms to work collaboratively. The team standardized all hardware control interfaces, allowing the Agent's "space tool invocation" to run on any robotic platform, and the entire solution is completely open source.

Google recently released a command-line tool that allows AI agents like OpenClaw to directly access the full suite of Workspace applications, including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, and Calendar. It includes over 40 pre-built skills and provides a dedicated tutorial on integrating OpenClaw in its documentation.

This means that the AI ​​Agent can have almost the same digital work permissions as the user, controlling the inbox, calendar, and documents as if the user were logged in.

The 3D printing field has also found a practical entry point.

After integrating OpenClaw into the AI ​​model generation backend, users only need to send a message in WhatsApp saying "Generate a low-poly dragon STL file," and the AI ​​will automatically call the generation system and return the printable finished file directly to the chat window.

For studios managing multiple printers, fault alarm push notifications, remote status queries, and multi-user access control can all be handled through a single system, with the entire process from design to delivery completed without needing to access a website.

Of course, lobsters are not without their risks.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a high-risk warning, indicating a risk of API key leakage and accidental file deletion under default configurations. Currently, over 100,000 OpenClaw instances are exposed to the public internet, and more than 90% of them could potentially have their authentication bypassed by attackers.

Some users had their entire work folders wiped by the AI ​​due to ambiguous command descriptions, while others had 200 yuan deducted from their fees in just one morning. If you want to try it out, it is recommended to deploy it on a backup machine or virtual machine first, strictly limit the scope of operable directories, and be sure to set up secondary confirmation for operations involving sending external data or making payments.

These risks have not slowed the lobster's expansion. And an interesting question deserves further consideration: why is this craze particularly intense in China?

One structural reason that cannot be ignored is that domestic large-scale models have long faced a dilemma: the API call capability is ready, but a stable C-end scenario that consumes tokens has always been hard to find.

OpenClaw's Agent logic naturally fills this gap. It attracts users by using open-source community projects and uses its own model to handle the call volume. No matter how you look at it, this is a worthwhile deal.

ByteDance's Volcano Engine, Alibaba Cloud, and Tencent Cloud were among the first to fully launch cloud-hosted services running OpenClaw. The local IM ecosystem comprised of WeChat, QQ, WeChat Work, Lark, and DingTalk is also a unique variable in China.

Whoever completes deep integration first will gain an advantage in this new market, which is the underlying logic behind the various platforms vying to announce their integration.

More importantly, this explosion was almost entirely unplanned. The birth of OpenClaw was full of chance, but large companies saw a commercialization opportunity, geeks saw room for experimentation, and entrepreneurs saw a window of opportunity that they had to seize under competitive pressure.

The influx of people with diverse needs towards the same lobster has, ironically, propelled the vigorous development of a new AI species.

The possibilities for imagination regarding lobsters have only just begun.

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When we launched it, we didn't have the necessary number of charging stations, nor did we have much of the necessary hardware and software. Looking back now, these are lessons learned, but also valuable lessons.

Following the BYD flash charging launch event, iFanr and Dongchehui attended a media briefing. At the briefing, Li Yunfei, General Manager of BYD Group's Brand and Public Relations Department, recounted the experience of launching the first-generation megawatt flash charging technology early last year.

Having learned from the previous experience, BYD adopted a different approach this time.

Before announcing the slogan "Fully charged in 9 minutes," they had already deployed a team of 2,000 people to build 4,239 fast-charging stations across the country. By the end of this year, the goal of this plan is to have 20,000 stations.

Spending tens of billions in the most cost-effective way

Once the website building goals are confirmed, the most pressing concern is naturally the financial investment.

A single flash charging station, including an energy storage module, is not cheap. Li Yunfei gave a rough estimate in an interview: the cost of each unit is in the hundreds of thousands of yuan range. Based on the plan to build 20,000 stations this year, this expense will amount to over 10 billion yuan.

"Several tens of billions of yuan is no problem for BYD's current size; this money must be spent," Li Yunfei said.

Although it's a multi-billion dollar business, BYD's implementation method is very "lightweight," unlike the self-built approach of Tesla, XPeng, and Li Auto.

In fact, BYD adopted the most cost-effective method to deploy its charging network. They widely promoted the "station-within-a-station" model, which involves directly installing one or more fast-charging devices within existing third-party charging stations. Of the 20,000 fast-charging stations officially announced, 18,000 belong to the station-within-a-station model.

Li Yunfei described in detail the on-site construction process of this equipment:

When we build these flash charging stations outside, we don't even need to dig a foundation anymore. The whole process is just like installing an air conditioner. After we send it over, we just install a platform with screws on the metal frame, screw it into the ground, and put the charging pile on it. Then we connect the power and it's done.

This extremely simplified construction process is made possible by the equipment's built-in energy storage system. Because there is no need to apply for additional capacity quotas from the local power grid, the existing power lines are sufficient to support the energy storage batteries to store electricity at night or during off-peak hours.

This cooperation model is also very attractive to third-party site operators.

Li Yunfei revealed data from preliminary field research, showing that the average utilization rate of many public charging stations on the market is only around 5%. A large number of parking spaces are idle, and the turnover rate of charging guns is extremely low.

When we arrived, our partners were very welcoming. It was like they had opened a restaurant, and we told them we would bring our friends and guests, and we even brought our own pots and pans, which would bring them a huge flow of customers.

Li Yunfei explained this mutually beneficial relationship in layman's terms. Once the flash charging stations with their own energy storage devices are operational, they will attract BYD's own flash charging customers and, due to their openness to the entire industry, will also bring in users from other brands. BYD believes this will significantly improve the overall utilization rate of existing charging stations.

To support the rapid rollout of its website construction, BYD launched a "Dream Website Construction" program at the press conference. If four car owners submit their website construction requests, the company promises to complete an on-site inspection and build the new website within a week.

Li Yunfei frankly admitted that this was a marketing experience learned from the industry. From the evening of the launch event to the afternoon of the following day, the backend had received a large number of website building requests from users. This mechanism can accurately locate real energy replenishment blind spots, ensuring that money is spent wisely.

Besides the discussions on infrastructure, some people are also wondering whether the existing first-generation products will face discontinuation and obsolescence once the second-generation blade battery is fully launched on the market.

Li Yunfei gave a clear answer.

There's no such thing as a complete phase-out; our first and second generation batteries coexist. We want to give our customers more choices. Some customers aren't interested in this fast charging, so they can still consider our existing first-generation batteries and product solutions.

He added that users who are used to slow charging at home won't feel a strong difference even if the charging time is reduced to five or ten minutes. Therefore, BYD hopes to maintain product line diversity so that users with different needs can find a suitable price range.

Following the scenario of home charging, Li Yunfei also put forward a view: with the popularization of public fast charging stations and the shortening of charging time, home charging piles may lose their meaning in the future.

"If charging is as fast as refueling, is there any need to install home charging stations?" Li Yunfei did the math.

In many places, installing home charging stations is subject to numerous restrictions. First, the property management company has to install cables and upgrade the charging capacity, which incurs costs. Secondly, to ensure compatibility with AC slow charging, the vehicle must be equipped with an AC charging unit, costing nearly one or two thousand yuan. These costs, while seemingly borne by the customer, actually represent a waste of resources for society as a whole.

BYD believes that instead of making car owners and property management companies struggle with these installation hurdles, it would be better to use a widely covered and highly efficient public flash charging network to solve many electrification challenges in a centralized manner.

Return the choice to the market

At the launch event, to create a strong visual impact, BYD highlighted its flagship pure electric model with a range exceeding 1,000 kilometers. However, plug-in hybrid models account for a significant portion of BYD's actual sales.

When asked about the charging performance of these vehicles, Li Yunfei provided an additional explanation at the exchange meeting.

Whether it's a hybrid or a pure electric vehicle, regardless of its pure electric range (400 km or 1000 km) or its battery capacity (in kWh), it can be uniformly charged in 5 minutes, fully charged in 9 minutes, and only requires 3 minutes of charging at -30 degrees Celsius.

This isn't just a solo act by BYD. A closer look at the current automotive market reveals that focusing on charging speed for hybrid vehicles has become a consensus among leading automakers. Take XPeng Motors' Kunpeng Super Electric System as an example; this range-extended hybrid powertrain also features a 5C superchargeable battery, reducing the charging time from 10% to 80% to just 12 minutes.

The significant improvement in charging efficiency will naturally lead to comparisons between this megawatt-scale flash charging network and existing battery swapping models in the industry. Some are wondering if this will spark a fierce debate over which approach to battery swapping should be adopted.

Li Yunfei offered his opinion.

I think both fast charging and battery swapping are good. BYD launches various technologies and brands to provide customers with more choices. For the industry, a diverse range of approaches is needed, all leading to the same goal. Fast charging and battery swapping seem like different paths, but they both promote the transition from gasoline to electric vehicles.

Regarding whether these cutting-edge battery technologies will be supplied to external parties, Li Yunfei gave an affirmative answer. Currently, BYD's battery business is already supplying more than a dozen domestic and international car brands. The second-generation blade battery will also be made available to external parties in the future, but in the short term, internal demand needs to be prioritized, and sufficient time needs to be allowed for production ramp-up.

Returning to the planning of the complete vehicle product line, the closed-door meeting also revealed an important strategic shift.

In the past few years, BYD has had a strong obsession with technology-driven strategies in its high-end brand strategy. Li Yunfei reflected on this at the event.

"We used to have a strong belief that technology must be differentiated. Yangwang is Yisifang, and if other brands wanted Yisifang, no way, we wouldn't give it to them." Li Yunfei felt that this approach had limitations because as market competition intensified, consumers became extremely sensitive to price.

In order to adapt to the market, they have now begun to make sweeping changes to the configuration and debinding.

Taking the newly released cars as an example, the Denza Z9GT has launched a single-motor version, with the starting price dropping from 334,800 yuan to 269,800 yuan. The Yunlian-Z intelligent suspension system in the Yangwang U7 is no longer a mandatory standard feature across the entire series.

"Some customers are indifferent to YiSanFang, but if you insist on adding so much hardware for them, hardware redundancy becomes a cost, and cost is price. So we still follow the market and the customer's considerations," said Li Yunfei. He explained that by giving consumers the choice of whether or not they need ultimate control, and by reducing unnecessary hardware redundancy, they can provide a more diverse price range and allow the product to cover a wider range of people.

In the past few years, domestic high-end new energy vehicle manufacturers have been keen to elevate their brand positioning by frantically piling on flagship-level hardware and software. However, under the continuous baptism of price wars, ordinary users have become increasingly savvy. Some users have begun to realize that they don't need to pay for things that they hardly use in their daily commutes. For example, Yunlian-Z and Yisanfang.

BYD's target audience also includes overseas customers.

"The construction and implementation of our overseas flash charging stations may be later than in China, around the end of 2026," said Li Yunfei.

He believes that domestic consumers are currently "very fortunate." In the era of gasoline-powered cars, foreign brands often sold their new models overseas for several generations before introducing them to China. However, in today's era of intelligent and electric vehicles, the situation is completely reversed.

Chinese brands typically sell their products domestically for one or two years first, then gradually introduce domestically produced models to overseas markets. The best products, the best prices, and the best service are all available domestically.

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