TOPIC: Agentic Tools  [agentic-tools]
The agent stack itself — open-source assistants and frameworks like OpenClaw and PicoClaw, the skill marketplaces they run on, and the supply-chain and security questions that arrive once software is allowed to act.
Aliases: openclaw, picoclaw, agent-frameworks, agent-supply-chain, moltbot
Stories filed under this topic: 2

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## Open agents pick up sponsors,
fences, and a European fork
Edition: 2026-06-27  ·  Section: technology  ·  Epistemic: inference
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-06-27/articles/agent-stack-week
Deck: A viral harness project lands inside major labs while Washington narrows who may touch the newest frontier model and a Dutch conglomerate pitches context over raw intelligence.
Topics: agentic-tools, ai-agents, ai-export-controls
Key numbers: Major backers attached to OpenClaw in one week = 2 (OpenAI, Nvidia) · Government gate on GPT-5.6 Sol customer set = Trump-administration-approved only · Full-time corporate contributors cited for OpenClaw = 2+ at Nvidia
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## Open agents hit
security reckoning
Edition: 2026-06-26  ·  Section: technology  ·  Epistemic: fact
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-06-26/articles/openclaw-reckoning
Deck: Malicious OpenClaw skills turned ClawHub into a supply-chain test case as Prosus pitched a closed European rival built around control, privacy and safer enterprise loops.
Topics: agentic-tools, ai-agents
Key numbers: Malicious skills identified = 5 · Observed active window = Feb-May 2026 · Infostealer skills = 2 · Padding used for evasion = 22 MB · Launch date for ToqanClaw = 23 Jun
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