China's AI Stocks Surge Amid Industry Praise for OpenClaw

Chinese AI Stocks Surge Following Nvidia's Bullish Comments

OpenClaw, an open-source autonomous AI agent platform, has seen its related shares jump in China due to optimistic comments from Nvidia Corp.'s CEO, Jensen Huang. Huang described OpenClaw as "definitely the next ChatGPT," highlighting its potential for a foundational shift in technology.

MiniMax Group Inc., which launched its own AI agent, rose as much as 14% in Hong Kong, while Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC Ltd. (also known as Zhipu), a large language model provider, gained 11%. UCloud Technology Co., a cloud services provider, also saw gains in Shanghai.

Nvidia's plan to launch related products has fueled optimism over AI agents, with some analysts predicting a significant impact on the local AI boom. OpenClaw, launched in November, has garnered a cult-like following in China, providing a fresh tailwind for the AI boom kicked off by the launch of DeepSeek over a year ago.

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OpenClaw is an agent that leverages large language models to perform daily functions, going beyond traditional chatbots by completing tasks, making decisions, and taking actions with minimal user input. Major Chinese cloud computing providers, including Tencent Holdings Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., and Baidu Inc., have rushed to offer OpenClaw to their customers, while LLM providers like MiniMax and Zhipu have offered tokens that power the agents.

The rapid global uptake of OpenClaw has fostered a growing community of enthusiasts in China who describe themselves as "raising lobsters," reflecting the idea that agents improve through feedback and training.