OpenClaw Explosion: Tencent, ByteDance, Xiaomi, and 13 Other Giants Accelerate AI Agent Layout

BlockBeats News, March 9th, according to 1M AI News monitoring, since the OpenClaw open-source explosion, the follow-up of Chinese technology companies has differentiated into three levels.

The first level is companies that have launched independent products:

The Dark Side of the Moon launched Kimi Claw (based on Kimi K2.5), opened Beta testing for paid members, pre-installed ClawHub skill library, no local deployment required for users;

MiniMax released MaxClaw (based on M2.5), globally launched the iOS and Android versions on March 3rd;

Zhipu introduced the AutoGLM OpenClaw version (based on GLM-5), cooperated with Alibaba Cloud's AgentBay to provide a cloud-based operating environment;

Netease Youdao released the desktop Agent LobsterAI on February 11th, supporting the MCP protocol, open-sourced on February 19th, Xinhua News Agency reported it as one of the first domestic products to combine OpenClaw with MCP.

- Tencent and ByteDance entered through platform ecosystems:

Tencent launched WorkBuddy (officially launched), QClaw (still in internal testing), and a combination of Enterprise WeChat/QQ channel access capabilities, WorkBuddy is compatible with the OpenClaw skill framework and supports the MCP protocol;

ByteDance's Volcano Engine launched ArkClaw today (cloud-based SaaS version of OpenClaw), deeply adapted the Lark official plugin, supports direct processing of Lark schedules, documents, and multidimensional tables;

Baidu integrated OpenClaw into the Baidu App search box on February 13th, Qianfan platform has listed 7 official Skills on ClawHub;

Xiaomi started Xiaomi miclaw closed beta on March 6th, based on the self-developed MiMo large model (led by Luo Fuli, former core member of DeepSeek) running at the system level of mobile phones, can access more than 50 system tools and Xiaomi IoT devices, only compatible with the Xiaomi 17 series, is one of the few solutions that have pushed the Agent to the system level of mobile phones and IoT ecosystem collaboration.

The second level is cloud deployment infrastructure:

Tencent Cloud, Aliyun, Baidu Smart Cloud, Volcano Engine, JD Cloud, and Huawei Cloud have all launched one-click deployment services, with the competition focusing on free quotas and configuration thresholds.

Meituan is taking a service-oriented approach. On March 7, it jointly launched the OpenClaw remote deployment service with Lenovo Baiying, starting at 395 RMB. The installation is done remotely by engineers. Meituan's data shows that related search volume has more than tripled compared to the previous period. In addition, 360 founder Zhou Hongyi announced on March 8 that an OpenClaw one-click installation version will be released, stating that it aims to make it "accessible to everyone," but the product has not yet been officially launched.