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▶ 10:41 · $OPENCLAW · OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% Of Apps Will Disappear
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OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% Of Apps Will Disappear

2026-02-07 · 1 company · 5 thematic
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peter steinberger

Software developer who came out of retirement to build AI tools. Created OpenClaw, an open-source personal AI agent that runs locally on the user's computer and has gone viral with 160k+ GitHub stars. Previously built projects like Vibe Tunnel and Summarize CLI.

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“I think 80% of them are going away. Why do I need MyFitnessPal? Like my agent already knows that I'm making bad decisions... every app that basically just manages data could be managed in a better way and it's in a more natural way by agen…”
—peter steinberger
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OpenClaw creator predicts 80% of apps will disappear as local AI agents replace them
Running AI agents locally on the user's computer gives them full system access, enabling them to perform any task the user can do, which will make most data-management apps obsole…