I mapped the major players building the OpenClaw ecosystem, just 2 months after its release.
What's unfolding around OpenClaw is unlike anything I've witnessed in open-source AI.
In 60 days:
- 230K+ GitHub stars
- 116K+ Discord members
- ClawCon touring globally (SF, Berlin, Tokyo...)
- A dedicated startup validation platform (TrustMRR)
- And an entire ecosystem of companies, tools and integrations forming around a single open-source project.
Some of these players are only weeks old. And established companies like OpenRouter, LiteLLM or VirusTotal are shipping native integrations.
Whether you're a VC exploring AI infra, an operator running agents, or a founder building in this space, this is the landscape right now.
Some of these startups are already pulling real revenue. Alternatives are stacking thousands of GitHub stars on their own. OpenRouter recently raised funding. The money and the users are already here. Most of what's on this map didn't exist 60 days ago.
This is what happens when an open-source project launches with the right building blocks at the right moment.
I mapped the major players building the OpenClaw ecosystem, just 2 months after its release.
What's unfolding around OpenClaw is unlike anything I've witnessed in open-source AI.
In 60 days: - 230K+ GitHub stars - 116K+ Discord members - ClawCon touring globally (SF, Berlin, Tokyo...) - A dedicated startup validation platform (TrustMRR) - And an entire ecosystem of companies, tools and integrations forming around a single open-source project.
Managed hosting, LLM routing, security layers, agent social networks, skill marketplaces.
New categories are taking shape in real time.
Some of these players are only weeks old. And established companies like OpenRouter, LiteLLM or VirusTotal are shipping native integrations.
Whether you're a VC exploring AI infra, an operator running agents, or a founder building in this space, this is the landscape right now.
Some of these startups are already pulling real revenue. Alternatives are stacking thousands of GitHub stars on their own. OpenRouter recently raised funding. The money and the users are already here. Most of what's on this map didn't exist 60 days ago.
This is what happens when an open-source project launches with the right building blocks at the right moment.