Chinese AI company Moonshot AI announced Kimi Claw on February 15, a browser-based, cloud-hosted version of the open source OpenClaw agent framework. The company says the platform runs entirely inside a web browser on kimi.com, so users no longer need a local server, Docker installation or virtual private server to keep an AI agent running.
According to Moonshot’s announcement, a user’s agent can stay active in a browser tab around the clock. That removes what had been the main hurdle for many would-be OpenClaw users, who previously had to work through server setup and configuration before the agent could do anything useful.
What Kimi Claw offers
Kimi Claw is powered by Moonshot’s Kimi K2.5 model, which the company describes as a one trillion parameter mixture-of-experts model. Mixture-of-experts is an architecture that activates only part of the model for each request, which keeps running costs lower than a dense model of the same size.
The platform includes persistent memory and 40 gigabytes of cloud storage per user, Moonshot says. It also connects to ClawHub, a marketplace of more than 5,000 community-built “skills,” which are packaged instructions and integrations that let the agent automate tasks and chain workflows together. A “pro-grade search” feature gives agents access to real-time data, which the company says improves answers to financial or time-sensitive questions.
Bring your own setup
For people already running their own OpenClaw installations, Moonshot has added a “Bring Your Own Claw” option. It links a third-party setup to the kimi.com interface, so users keep local control of their agent while using the cloud features. Integrations with messaging apps such as Telegram are also part of the package, according to the company.
The launch comes as OpenClaw has grown into one of the fastest-spreading open source projects of the year, with more than 100,000 stars on GitHub, as reported by MarkTechPost and Dataconomy.
Availability
Kimi Claw is in beta and is available to subscribers of Moonshot’s Allegretto plan. The company says it can be reached through the web, iOS and Android clients, though some advanced features are still in development.
The move reflects a broader shift among AI companies toward hosting autonomous agents in the cloud, where a single click can replace the multi-step installations that have so far limited these tools to technically confident users.
