Overview
- OpenClawd.ai debuts as a fully managed environment for the open-source Clawdbot assistant with security handled at the infrastructure level.
- The launch follows reports of hundreds of internet-exposed Clawdbot installs lacking authentication and researcher demos of prompt-injection that forwarded private emails.
- OpenClaw maintains that recent incidents stem from self-hosted misconfiguration rather than inherent flaws in the software.
- Key safeguards include authentication by default, automatic updates, enterprise-grade encrypted storage for credentials, and per-instance network isolation.
- Users can spin up an instance in three steps on openclawd.ai with support for WhatsApp integration and community-built skills, while the GitHub project remains available for self-hosting.