A popular open-source personal AI assistant called Clawdbot has been rebranded to Moltbot following a trademark request from the AI firm Anthropic, who noted the name's similarity to its own 'Claude' AI. [1, 2] The self-hosted assistant, which runs on a user's own hardware to manage tasks by accessing personal files and apps, has gained rapid viral popularity within the developer community. [6, 7, 13]
The surge in Moltbot's adoption has created an unexpected knock-on effect for cybersecurity company Cloudflare, causing its stock (NET) to jump over 18% across two days. [6] Users are reportedly turning to Cloudflare's security tools to protect their self-hosted AI instances, driving the stock gains. [4, 6] This comes as security experts express concerns about the significant risks involved in granting the assistant deep access to personal and sensitive data. [12, 13]