{"id":249694,"date":"2026-07-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/yep-were-using-openclaw-to-date-now-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:00:00","slug":"yep-were-using-openclaw-to-date-now-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/yep-were-using-openclaw-to-date-now-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Yep, we’re using OpenClaw to date now | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ben Guez has \u201ca bunch of potential international wives in [his] DMs<\/a>,\u201d thanks to an automated script he set up using OpenClaw, Claude code, and Instagram trial reels.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s crazy, like the potential is insane right now,\u201d Guez<\/a>, a content creator and startup founder, told TechCrunch. \u201cI\u2019m not sure if everyone\u2019s gonna think it\u2019s good, but I mean, it\u2019s working.\u201d<\/p>\n

How is Guez is wooing so many women? First, he uses the open source AI agent OpenClaw<\/a> to track World Cup match results. After each game, OpenClaw triggers Claude to create and post a nearly identical Instagram \u201ctrial reel<\/a>\u201d with the same template. In the video, Guez stares out a train car window looking dejected, with the caption: \u201cI can\u2019t believe {COUNTRY} lost\u2026 If any {COUNTRY} girls need emotional support\u2026 my DMs are open.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image Credits:<\/strong>Ben Guez, LinkedIn (opens in a new window)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guez has made the same post, save for the country name, more than a dozen times. But you can\u2019t tell when you look at his profile, since trial reels don\u2019t show up on a creator\u2019s public page. Since he launched this automation, Guez has gotten over one million views and 200 DMs in a few days. That volume is even more impressive considering that Guez says in his profile that he will only answer DMs sent via Canary<\/a>, his AI language learning app, which means that these women have to download his app.<\/p>\n

You have to hand it to him: Guez is really taking \u201cwork smarter, not harder\u201d to another level. But once these women realize he doesn\u2019t actually care about Tunisian soccer, wouldn\u2019t they feel played?<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not feeling angry, they\u2019re more impressed, like, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re thinking outside of the box, you\u2019re a genuis,\u2019\u201d Guez said. \u201cI think as long as you\u2019re open [about] what you\u2019re doing, I think it\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

TechCrunch was not able to independently verify the actual reactions of these women, so we\u2019ll just have to take Guez\u2019s word for it. But we can tell you that Guez isn\u2019t the only guy getting creative with the viral AI assistant<\/a>. While Guez\u2019s methods are a bit more outrageous, other people see OpenClaw as a way to streamline the process of setting up dates.<\/p>\n

Jeff Weisbein<\/a>, founder of a tech PR firm, uses OpenClaw to help him figure out where to take dates across different neighborhoods in South Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m meeting women who are in various parts of South Florida, so I don\u2019t know all of the restaurants or things to do,\u201d Weisbein told TechCrunch. \u201cI have my bot just kind of do all the research and make a document with links to why it\u2019s a choice for whatever type of date it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

When I fill him in on Guez\u2019s OpenClaw scheme, he bursts out laughing. <\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I\u2019m not leveraging OpenClaw to the fullest,\u201d he said. \u201cBut definitely in the realm of using OpenClaw to facilitate a task that I would manually have to do otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Guez, Weisbein doesn\u2019t hide the fact that he\u2019s using AI tools to help plan dates (it backfired, though, when one woman told him, \u201cI hate AI agents\u201d). In a way, asking OpenClaw where to go for happy hour in Fort Lauderdale isn\u2019t that different from Googling the coolest neighborhood bars, but says he would draw the line at using AI to mediate his actual conversations with women.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have seen people create bots and ways to swipe using OpenClaw, and I wouldn\u2019t do that. They say it\u2019s a numbers game, but if that\u2019s what it takes\u2026 that seems like a pretty terrible way to do it,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like you shouldn\u2019t delegate your communication when you\u2019re in a relationship with someone to AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

People seem hesitant to let AI meddle once there\u2019s an actual connection, but a tech worker named Cailey said that once she\u2019s decided to end a flirtation, she doesn\u2019t mind using Claude to break things off. <\/p>\n

\u201cI started using Claude and created an automation that crafts \u2018I no longer wish to see you\u2019 messages based on a few key terms I would enter about the date. It\u2019d then automatically send them for me at random times so that I wouldn\u2019t feel the anxiety of when to send,\u201d she told TechCrunch. \u201cIt worked really well, until I mentioned it to someone I was on a date with, who I then had to send an automated message to, and he asked if he was talking to Claude or Cailey.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s worse: getting ghosted, or getting broken up with by an AI?<\/p>\n

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Wish you could have a team of experts at your beck and call?<\/p>\n

NanoClaw is the first personal AI assistant to support agent swarms. <\/p>\n

We’ve got you covered \u2013 no matter the need. pic.twitter.com\/X5vcf4Cmve<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NanoClaw (@NanoClaw_AI) March 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

OpenClaw rocked the tech world with its potential when it went viral this spring, but security advocates have continuously warned users<\/a> about the dangers of giving an AI assistant unilateral control over all of your accounts. <\/p>\n

For Lazer Cohen, the co-founder of the security-focused OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw<\/a>, there are steep privacy implications of outsourcing personal relationships to AI, even if his company advertises date planning as a potential use case on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever you\u2019re giving an agent access to personal information and accounts, you need human-in-the-loop approval,\u201d Cohen told TechCrunch. \u201cWe\u2019ve all heard the stories of OpenClaw creating dating profiles for people without their knowledge or consent, or OpenClaw dating coaches spilling to other groups that they\u2019re being used as a dating coach too.\u201d<\/p>\n

NanoClaw has found its way into Cohen\u2019s love life, though he uses it in a way that\u2019s a bit more wholesome than mass-producing reels that ask heartbroken soccer fans to slide into his DMs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife and I personally use our NanoClaw assistant, Rosie, to manage the schedules of our five children,\u201d he said. \u201cBut \u2018claws\u2019 are widely used to help couples get the to child-rearing phase.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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