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How These 3 Founders are building on Open Claw | E2248

February 11, 2026

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🎙️ The Speakers & Context

  • The Format: Host-led interview with live demos and surprise on-air investments.
  • The Key Players:
    • Host: Jason Calacanis, founder of Launch (venture firm), podcaster at This Week in Startups; credible as a veteran investor who's seen startup costs evolve over 30 years.
    • Main Guest: Presh Dinesh Kumar, co-founder/CEO of The Wellness Company (incubated by Launch); built 4 consumer iOS apps in 2025 using AI tools, now leveraging OpenClaw for operations.
    • Demo Guests: Sean Lu, engineer building agentic integrations for smart glasses (Meta Ray-Bans); Vishnu (engineer), creator of hosted OpenClaw at agent37.com.
  • The Vibe: Electrified, demo-heavy, opportunistic—technical walkthroughs mixed with real-time hype and $250K on-air commitments.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Presh Dinesh Kumar**
  • 2 (02:25) **Presh's First OpenClaw Experiences**
  • 3 (03:33) **Demo 1: Document Creation for Podcast Prep**
  • 4 (04:41) **Demo 2: User Analytics and Reference Outreach**
  • 5 (05:55) **Agentic AI vs Sandboxed LLMs**
  • 6 (07:56) **Demo 3: AgentMail for Email Tasks**
  • 7 (10:44) **Demo 4: Cron Job News Monitoring to Content**

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Show Notes

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Today’s show: 


Today on TWiST we’re joined by 3 founders building on Open Claw,  Presh Dineshkumar, Vishnu, and Sean Liu!


First, long time friend of the pod, Presh Dineshkumar, shows us how he’s using Open Claw to automate his work at The Wellness Company. His Open Claw agent, Eywa, lives in his email and in his product, able to compile user lists at his discretion.


Then, we’re joined by Vishnu, who brings Open Claw to the masses. Non-technical folks, it’s your lucky day! Time to get Clawd-shotted! Last, Sean Liu joins the show to tell us about how he’s connecting Meta glasses to his Open Claw instance to interact with context that users can physically see!


Timestamps:


(0:00) We’re joined by Presh Dineshkumar of the Wellness Company, another OpenClaw fanatic


(1:50) We meet Presh’s Replicant — Eywa — who spies on all of his emails


(2:53) How Eywa is helping Presh keep track of his app’s most active users


(4:35) LLMs have become very smart but they are trapped in the corner


(6:10) How Presh gave Eywa its own email address and avoids prompt injections


(8:56) Using Presh’s Replicant to do daily research dives


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(13:21) Presh also has Eywa hunting down and fix bugs in his apps, all from email


(16:16) Way more startups can be profitable now that they don’t need 10+ person teams


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(20:36) We’re joined by two more OpenClaw builders: Vishnu and Xiaoan (Sean) Liu


(21:16) Sean hooked his Meta Ray Bans up to his OpenClaw!


(29:53) Iru unifies identity, endpoint security, and compliance into one platform. Book a demo at http://iru.com/


(31:05) Some dystopian thoughts on how to use VisionClaw technology


(32:47) What kinds of startups will get the most value out of OpenClaw?


(34:43) Why Vishnu made a product to simplify OpenClaw set-up and security


(37:34) What inspires people to stop considering OpenClaw and go “all in” on the tech


(40:17) Will V

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