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Chinese Tech Giants Offer Free OpenClaw Installations to Boost Cloud Services

Published: Mar. 9, 2026 7:14 p.m. GMT+8

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Major Chinese tech companies including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd. are rolling out free installation services and tutorials for the globally viral open-source AI assistant OpenClaw in an effort to attract more cloud services customers.

The moves highlight a new battleground for China’s cloud providers, which are leveraging the complex technical setup of the AI assistant to drive adoption of their computing resources.

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