Claude AI Subscription No Longer Supports OpenClaw, Said to Burden System

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company, has discontinued support for the third-party platform OpenClaw on its Claude chatbot subscription service. This step was taken because the use of OpenClaw is deemed to burden Anthropic’s computational capacity. Claude Code head at Anthropic, Boris Cherny, stated that starting from Saturday at 12:00 local time, Claude AI subscriptions will no longer support integration with OpenClaw. Cherny explained that the policy to halt support for OpenClaw was driven by a recent surge in demand for Claude. The AI model has reportedly experienced an increase in usage demand and even topped the rankings on the United States Apple App Store in March. Due to the high demand, Anthropic has also reportedly adjusted usage limits for subscribers. “We have been working hard to meet the demand for Claude, and our subscriptions are not designed for usage patterns from third-party tools like this,” Cherny wrote in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). An Anthropic spokesperson also stated that using Claude through third-party tools like OpenClaw violates the terms of service and places a “disproportionate burden” on the system. OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger said on X that he, along with Dave Morin, a member of the OpenClaw Foundation board, had previously tried to “persuade” Anthropic to reverse the decision to end support. “We told Anthropic that many subscribers only subscribed because of OpenClaw, and it would be a loss if they were cut off,” Steinberger told Business Insider via text message. “But now they are trying to announce this quietly on Friday night,” he explained, as quoted by KompasTekno from Business Insider. OpenClaw itself is an AI agent platform that allows users to run AI services like Claude to perform various tasks automatically. This assistant can handle various tasks in other applications and assist with users’ workflows. OpenClaw’s popularity is even said to have sparked a trend in AI usage. Some users utilise this technology to manage their daily activities. One startup founder even admitted to having created nine AI agents to handle administrative work and household needs.