OpenClaw and Beyond | #AIAgentWeek2026

​OpenClaw and Beyond  |  #AIAgentWeek2026

Bring your own equipment (old laptop, Mac Mini, or Raspberry Pi)

Join David Tabachnikov, Co-founder and CEO of ScholarshipOwl, former Google engineer, and hands-on AI agent builder, for a guided workshop where you’ll install OpenClaw on your own hardware and learn how to make your agent genuinely useful. David will walk participants through setup and configuration, then lead a hands-on discussion covering OpenClaw best practices, advanced skill creation, and the growing ecosystem of agent-native tools. 

​Participants will discuss and evaluate using OpenClaw vs other solutions, as well as more advanced tooling for advanced skills. These include dedicated email and phone numbers, persistent memory, sandboxed execution environments, autonomous payment infrastructure, and observability platforms to keep your agent safe and accountable.

​If you are a founder curious about what AI agents can actually do today, you’ll leave with a working agent on your own device and the knowledge to extend it. No prior agent experience required. You just need to bring your hardware, an LLM API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.), and accounts for any services you want to connect.