Klaus AI
Klaus AI is a YC Winter 2026 (W26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Klaus AI
Summary
Klaus AI offered hosted, cloud-based instances of OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant, connected to messaging platforms such as Slack in minutes. The service targeted individuals and small teams who wanted a personal AI assistant without managing their own server. Klaus shut down on September 1, 2026, and all customer assistants are now offline.
Business model
Subscription billing, cancelled at shutdown
Go-to-market
Self-serve: customers signed up and connected an OpenClaw instance to their messaging app in under five minutes, with no engineering setup required.
From the Y Combinator listing
Fast and Safe OpenClaw on the cloud
Get your personal OpenClaw instance on the cloud and connected to your Slack or other messaging app in 3 minutes. Pre-installed security features and common skills.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Infrastructure
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Bailey Wickham
- Robbie Thompson
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