Clawdbot, the free open-source AI assistant that gained widespread attention on X (formerly Twitter), has officially rebranded as Moltbot. The change follows a notice from Anthropic, the company behind Claude, whose AI models power Moltbot. Creator Peter Steinberger explained on X that trademark concerns prompted the rebrand.
The project’s mascot, formerly a space lobster named Clawd, has also been renamed Molty, with Steinberger noting, “New shell, same lobster soul.” GitHub repositories have been updated, and the original website, clawd.bot, is being replaced by molt.bot.
Unlike typical chatbots, Moltbot is an agentic AI, designed to act autonomously on a user’s behalf rather than simply responding to queries. It can monitor emails, calendars, and documents, remember past instructions, and notify users about important messages. While agentic AI has been a major focus in the industry, with 2025 predicted to be the year it went mainstream, many high-profile attempts have so far struggled to gain traction.
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