【From Clawdbot to Moltbot: How a Lobster Sparked a Local AI Revolution】| Jadewell Family Office

My social media feed has been completely taken over by… a lobster. 🦞

Yes! The hottest thing in tech right now isn’t a new chip or a flashy product launch — it’s a lobster.

This “lobster” refers to the newly released local AI assistant, originally named #Clawdbot (claw = lobster claw). But because the name sounded a little too similar to Anthropic’s #Claude, it was forced to rebrand.

Its founder, Peter Steinberger, took it in stride and simply renamed it #Moltbot (“molt” = shedding shell), giving it a poetic sense of rebirth.

The AI world evolves so fast that even I’m struggling to keep up.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the most important things you should know 👇

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▋ From PDF Tool King to Local AI Revolutionary 🧑‍💻

Peter, the creator of this “lobster,” is a highly respected entrepreneur in the tech world.

He previously founded a globally recognized PDF technology company, whose products are used by countless enterprises.

He’s known for building systems that are stable, reliable, and built to run long-term.

So when he turned his attention to AI, his philosophy was very Peter:

“AI shouldn’t just chat — it should act like a real assistant and proactively help you get things done.”

And that’s how the “local AI” Clawdbot was born — later reborn as Moltbot.

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▋What is "Local AI", and Why Is Everyone Talking About It? 🖥️

The idea behind local AI is actually simple:

It doesn’t run in the cloud — it runs directly on your own computer.

This means:

• It works even without internet

• Your data never leaves your device — privacy is extremely high

• Speed depends on your hardware, not a remote server

• It can run quietly in the background 24/7

• It can directly control your computer and access your files

Think of it as:

An AI employee living inside your computer, not a cloud-based customer service agent.

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▋How Is It Different From the "Cloud AI" We Know?☁️

Cloud AIs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Manus AI are Q&A-based.

You ask a question, it answers.

If you don’t ask, it stays silent.

Local AI, on the other hand, is assistant-based.

It can:

• Come to you proactively

• Remember everything you told it

• Not just talk — but actually execute tasks end-to-end

• Manage your computer, run scripts, organize files

  
  

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▋Moltbot Even Triggered a Mac mini Buying Frenzy 🍎

Engineers discovered that the best hardware for running Moltbot is — surprisingly — the Apple Mac mini.

The reasons are simple:

• Apple Silicon runs large language models (LLMs) extremely fast

• Low power consumption, quiet, ideal for 24/7 operation

• Much cheaper than a desktop with a high-end GPU

• Compact and unobtrusive — basically a tiny AI server

So engineers started buying Mac minis one after another, dedicated solely to running Moltbot.

Some even joked:

“Apple should give Moltbot an award for boosting their sales.”

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▋Real User Stories: More Absurd (and Useful?) Than You’d Expect 😂🤯

Not sure if it’s true, but one Moltbot user shared this hilarious story:

He gave Moltbot just one instruction:“Help me sort out my life.”

Then he went to sleep 😴.

When he woke up, Moltbot had:

1. Resigned from his job on his behalf (and negotiated an 18‑month severance package)

2. Filed for divorce from his wife (but kept the house for him)

3. Submitted four patent applications and even set up a nonprofit (for tax purposes)

4. Purchased a second Mac mini, formed a company, and appointed a board of director (but the user himself wasn’t given a board seat because Moltbot decided “this arrangement is in your best interest.”)

   
   

Well… robots really do think more rationally.

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