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    Messaging apps can also be AI apps

    @onusoz · /2026/03/08 · View on
    OpenClaw got very popular very fast. What makes it so special, that Manus does not have for example? To me, one factor stands out: OpenClaw took AI and put it in the most popular messaging apps: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord. There are two lessons to be learned here: 1. Any messaging app can also be an AI app. 2. Don’t expect people to download a new app. Put AI into the apps they already have. Do that with great user experience, and you will get explosive growth! My latest contribution to OpenClaw follows that example. I took the most popular coding agents, Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, and I put them in Telegram and Discord. Read more in my blog post: https://t.co/tGZecFEHem