Discussion

• @moltbot Mr. Lobster on x

  🦞 BIG NEWS: We've molted! Clawdbot → Moltbot Clawd → Molty Same lobster soul, new shell. Anthropic asked us to change our name (trademark stuff), and honestly? “Molt” fits perfectly - it's what lobsters do to grow. New handle: @moltbot Same mission: AI that actually does

• @ibrahimuzn Ibrahim Uzun on x

  Sad story, unfortunately. Goodbye, Clawdbot! Even though your name is pretty similar to Claude, we'll remember you for the hype...

• @steipete Peter Steinberger on x

  Had to rename our accounts for trademark stuff and messed up the GitHub rename and the X rename got snatched by crypto shills. That went wonderful. @moltbot it is.

• @maxrovensky Max Rovensky on x

  > be anthropic > see an indie project built on your model > it sold more of your $200/mo subscriptions than your incompetent marketing ever could > ban accounts for using it > copystrike its funny name that drives more discovery of your products @DarioAmodei do you hate success?

• @sidravi_ Sid Ravikumar on x

  they should have just made an acquisition offer. missed opportunity and bad aura.

• @dinvesting Elliot Silver on x

  Clawdbot becomes Moltbot. Judging by the number of Clawd and Clawdbot domain names registered, there are probably some sad domain investors today.

• @steipete Peter Steinberger on x

  Crypto folks: I was forced to rename the account by Anthropic. Wasn't my decision.

• @mark_k Mark Kretschmann on x

  I have been warning people for years about Anthropic and its shady business practices, and its ties to the Effective Altruism cult. Once again, the company shows it's ugly face, forcing the open source Clawdbot project to rebrand! Anthropic ➡️ MisAnthropic

• @gaikwadpushakar Pushakar Gaikwad on x

  Remember kids: think hard about your project name—even if it's non-profit or just a hobby. These corporate assholes will ruin it the second it gets big. DON'T reuse the name (or anything too close/spelled differently) if it sounds like or borrows from a trademarked/copyrighted

• @harleytt Harley Trung on x

  Holy moly @clawdbot is no more. Welcome @moltbot Seriously imagine the mega productive @steipete going through these hoops manually 🥴 What an expensive rebranding 😵‍💫

• @alexfinn Alex Finn on x

  ClawdBot is dead. Moltbot has arrived. I don't blame Anthropic for doing this at all It's fairly obvious this was going to happen. Anthropic has been coming after anyone using their trademarks, as they 100% should. You must protect your IP Would not be surprised if they nuke

• @tcgsealed Brian Mitchell on x

  I will be canceling my max plan with @AnthropicAI today Any company that acts that insecure over opensource lobster app can get bent.

• @swschramm Steve Schramm on x

  Tbh, for the best. Too much confusion between the tool and the most popular AI model right now.

• @codergeeta Geeta on x

  Because of this I have to change my domain from https://securemyclawdbot.com/ to a new one 😭😂

• @echooo17 Echo Gao on x

  The most effective decision about rebranding and renaming the product ever. Just less than 24 hrs? Right?The product is the core, no matter what it's called.

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on bluesky

  Devastating SEO news for the AI YouTubers who spent the past week making Clawdbot their entire personality [embedded post]

• @kevinbriody Kevin Briody on bluesky

  Watching this Clawdbot frenzy from afar, it seems insane to give an AI direct access to your entire digital life with so few guardrails like many of the most enthusiastic adopters are.  Feels like some security horror stories will come out of it all.  [embedded post]

• @puddleoops.com @puddleoops.com on bluesky

  there is nobody in this world who understands less about a name, and its power, than an engineer [embedded post]

• @fry69.dev @fry69.dev on bluesky

  These are crazy times, indeed.  [embedded post]

• @steipete Peter Steinberger on x

  had to build an army before I could build @moltbot.