
businessinsider.com
October 10, 2026
4 min read
45/100
Summary
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shane Mac, the 40-year-old CEO of software company XMTP Labs. It has been edited for length and clarity. This era of personal AI agents really began in the last year, around December for me. I think the OpenClaw moment was when it became clear that a new era was coming. I experimented with OpenClaw when it came out, as well as Hermes and all th...