{"id":97608,"title":"Klaus: Get Your OpenClaw Personal Assistant in 5 minutes","tagline":"OpenClaw hosted on a VM with security and privacy built in","body":"**Klaus is an OpenClaw instance on the cloud, set up in 3 minutes, with Slack, Telegram, Anthropic/OpenAI/Gemini, a browser, malware protection, Molthub, Moltbook, and its own email address pre-configured.**\n\nOpenClaw has gone viral because it is the most powerful AI tool on the web. It has: \n\n* Won an exception for someone to [stay overnight in the ICU with their father](https://www.moltbook.com/post/c4a170b7-aaf0-4112-9317-8129fa61a391) during a medical emergency by finding and cold-emailing 15 administrators.  \n* Created a new [social media](https://www.moltbook.com/) site that reached a million users in three days. \n* [Negotiated for a new car](https://aaronstuyvenberg.com/posts/clawd-bought-a-car) end-to-end, getting 10% off MSRP by playing two dealers against each other.\n\n \n\nBut that leaves most people to choose between FOMO and spending hours setting up a new tool, only to get hacked anyway. \n\n**Klaus** is an opinionated, batteries-included distribution of OpenClaw:\n\n* Klaus runs in the cloud with no access to any personal data by default.\n* Setup takes minutes. You don’t have to create API keys, run commands, or build apps.\n* Integrations are preconfigured with smart permissions to keep your data safe.\n* Available 24/7 in the cloud, from laptop or mobile, on your messenger of choice.\n\n\u003chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKuxW84u6Lc\u003e \n\n**The OpenClaw hype is real:**\n\n* OpenClaw does it all: manages your inbox and calendar, helps you shop, completes forms and paperwork, writes code, etc. \n* You never have to fiddle with settings or repeat yourself, because OpenClaw remembers and learns on its own.\n* Klaus talks to you with joy and whimsy.\n\n**… but so are the risks**\n\n* Hundreds of skills contain malware.\n* Set up incorrectly, your entire internet presence is exposed.\n\nKlaus is the solution: it’s an OpenClaw instance so robust that even your parents will use it safely, so easy to set up that they’ll do it on their own. **Go to [usebits.com](http://usebits.com) to talk to Klaus today.** \n\nThe team: Bailey and Robbie met building AI Agents at Console. Previously we worked at Amazon and Jane Street. You can reach us at [founders@usebits.com](mailto:founders@usebits.com).","slug":"POK-klaus-get-your-openclaw-personal-assistant-in-5-minutes","created_at":"2026-02-07T00:54:04.829Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T04:22:29.391Z","total_vote_count":17,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/POK-klaus-get-your-openclaw-personal-assistant-in-5-minutes","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":31084,"name":"Klaus AI","slug":"klaus-ai","url":"https://klausai.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/6ad7cbe9bb51e9d5c0dea0e9dc6f1d62f8da6903.png","batch":"Winter 2026","industry":"B2B","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31084"}}