Klaus AI — Inference & Compute Platform

Klaus AI is a managed cloud service for running OpenClaw, the open-source autonomous AI agent framework. Part of YC W2026, it was founded by Robbie Thompson (ex-Jane Street quant, Stanford MCS) and Bailey Wickham (ex-Amazon). Running OpenClaw yourself requires setting up cloud VMs and managing API keys — Klaus eliminates this by providing preconfigured EC2 instances with everything set up in under 5 minutes.

Each user gets their own instance with API keys for OpenRouter, AgentMail, and Orthogonal, plus OAuth apps for Slack, Google Workspace, Telegram, Discord, and 40+ other integrations. Klaus includes ClawBert, an AI SRE that auto-fixes instances when health checks fail, plus malware protection and automatic security updates.

The platform targets businesses wanting to deploy OpenClaw agents for inbox management, calendar handling, research, code writing, and task automation without infrastructure headaches. With clear pricing starting at /month, Klaus is one of the most transparently priced managed AI agent platforms in the market.