ClawHosters
by Daniel Samer
3 min read
Google wants its own OpenClaw. Internally, they're calling it Remy.
According to leaked internal documents, Remy is a personal AI agent powered by Gemini that goes beyond answering questions. Google's own description puts it plainly: "It elevates the Gemini app into a true assistant that can take actions on your behalf."
That's the key phrase. Not just answering. Acting.
What Remy Actually Does
Remy connects to Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive, Keep, Tasks, GitHub, WhatsApp, Spotify, YouTube Music, Google Photos, Google Home, and Android utilities. It can make purchases, send messages, and share documents on your behalf. It monitors things that matter to you, handles tasks proactively, and learns your preferences over time.
Google employees are already dogfooding it internally. The spokesperson declined to comment when asked.
Why This Matters for OpenClaw Users
Jason Calacanis probably said it best: "Killing OpenClaw is the number one goal in the large language model space." Jensen Huang called it "definitely the next ChatGPT." And now Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Meta are all building their own versions.
Anthropic has Orbit. Microsoft has Copilot Cowork plus their "Ocean 11" team building OpenClaw-inspired features. Meta's working on Hatch, with internal testing expected by end of June.
But here's what none of them are offering: freedom to choose.
Remy locks you into Google's ecosystem. Your data flows through Google. Your agent runs on Google's servers. Your options are whatever Google decides to support.
OpenClaw is the opposite. Open-source. Provider-agnostic. Self-hostable. Works with any messaging platform, any LLM provider. Peter Steinberger built it that way on purpose before joining OpenAI in February.
Google I/O and What Comes Next
Google I/O runs May 19-20 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Remy is widely expected to be a centerpiece announcement, especially after Project Mariner was shut down on May 4 and its browser agent technology was folded into Gemini Agent.
The AI agent race is real. Every major tech company is building one.
The question is whether you want your personal agent controlled by a corporation, or running on your own infrastructure where you pick the model, own the data, and switch providers whenever you want.
That's not a hard choice. At least not for us.
