Does Clawdbot (OpenClaw) Need Eyes? (feat. Alex Finn and Matt Van Horn) | E2247

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Today’s show:

Sean Liu gave his OpenClaw “eyes” by hooking the AI assistant up to his Meta Ray Bans. While Jason and Alex consider the implications… guest expert Alex Finn quickly loses interest…

It’s another All-Clawdbot TWiST where we debate the most essential uses for the viral agent platform. For their part, Alex Finn and Matt Van Horn are building practical skills to help founders (esp. solo founders)… Alex has a brain trust of AI agents working round the clock to improve his organization and content, while Matt designed a skill for his agent to order sushi lunches (keeping them under $20).

PLUS find out how Producer Oliver designed his “Model Council” based on Perplexity’s set-up, why running everything local is “illogical” for most people in 2026, AND why Jason’s next Founder U cohort will all be building with OpenClaw.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Why Jason is STILL Claw-pilled! We can’t get enough!

(03:17) “Mr. Clawdbot” Alex Finn of Creator Buddy joins us! He’s Claw-Pilled too!

(04:50) Sean Liu (@_seanliu) added OpenClaw to his Meta Ray Bans… Here’s why Alex doesn’t care!

(8:33) Lost your job to AI? Maybe AI can make you a founder!

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(13:34) “Last 30 Days” skill creator Matt Van Horn (@mvanhorn) joins the show

(14:54) Why Jason wants to invest in Matt’s new project.

(15:53) Meeting Alex’s organization of AI agents who collaborate on his projects autonomously

(22:28) Is Alex planning to turn his OpenClaw set-up into a company? Maybe…

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(25:16) Using OpenClaw to create a “lights out” startup

(28:17) Deciding when to use local models vs. more powerful cloud-based models

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(30:58) How Producer Oliver created a “Model Council” for LAUNCH based on Perplexity’s set-up

(35:52) Why it’s so important to have an orchestrator that knows the right model for the right task

(39:12) Why running everything local is “illogical” for most companies in 2026

(41:15) Matt walks us through the latest and greatest incarnation of his “Last 30 Days” skill

(45:57) Why Jason thinks recursive machine learning is the solution to human laziness

(46:38) How Alex has supercharged his social media and his startup during OpenClaw Mania

(50:15) Why Founder University is going ALL OPENCLAW next cohort

(51:21) How big a jump over Opus 4.5 is Opus 4.6?

(53:35) OpenClaw’s going to start scanning skills for malware… Will this help?

(57:13) No one was SUPER impressed by the AI dot com Super Bowl ad… except JCal

(1:01:11) Matt used his “Order Sushi” OpenClaw skill live on the show to get lunch

(1:04:08) Polymarket’s sharps are wagering on Claude 5’s hotly anticipated release

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0:00.0	So this to me, guys, is taking AI cloud bot outside of just the digital world and bringing it into our physical world.
0:07.7	I can imagine a lot of ideas and use cases for this.
0:10.0	Clearly still a demo.
0:11.2	You can play with it.
0:12.3	But Alex, first thoughts.
0:13.8	Yeah, my first thoughts are I don't find that remotely interesting.
0:16.7	Just to be quite honest with you.
0:18.8	I just like to me, my life is not improved by an AI going and buying me Monster Energy
0:23.6	drinks off Amazon.
0:25.2	I don't think that has any sort of economic impact on this planet.
0:29.2	What interests me is this going and empowering individuals to accomplish what only large corporations could do before, right? That's the interesting
0:40.3	thing to me. And that's kind of a vision I've been building towards with all my products.
0:44.9	Economically useful. I mean, people do a lot of shopping. Companies need to buy a lot of stuff.
0:48.9	And I was thinking more about companies that are outside of just the technology realm might
0:52.7	have a use for this just to keep their offices stocked, handle warehouses. Like I was thinking about bringing the power of a genetic AI into
0:58.4	the physical workspace. This example is a little bit kitschy, a little bit funny, but it's a,
1:03.7	it's a demo, but I could see this showing up in warehouses and factories and so forth.
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