Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. launched a dedicated mobile app claiming to help users install and deploy OpenClaw within minutes, stepping up a battle between China’s tech leaders to profit off the viral agentic AI assistant. “JVS Claw” helps iOS and Android smartphone users without coding knowledge to instruct AI agents to perform simple real-world tasks, Alibaba said in a statement. Free for 14 days, it emerged after Baidu Inc. released its own Android app this week for OpenClaw, which helps users shop online and book travel, among other things. From Tencent Holdings Ltd. to Minimax Group Inc., China’s biggest AI players are competing to offer OpenClaw services — feeding a nationwide frenzy dubbed “raising lobsters.” They’re hoping to lower barriers to entry and tap a phenomenon named after OpenClaw’s animal mascot, in which students and retirees across the nation are experimenting with agentic AI.

Full report : Alibaba debuts OpenClaw app, intensifying China’s agentic AI race after Baidu’s DuClaw launch.