What happened in China On March 23, 2026, Tencent launched ClawBot, a plugin for WeChat that connects the super-app to OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework. After updating to the latest version of WeChat, users can activate the plugin through Settings and Plugins by scanning a QR code or entering a command. Once connected, ClawBot supports multimodal interactions — text, images, videos, and files — turning WeChat conversations into a surface for AI agent tasks. The launch didn't happen in isolation. Tencent simultaneously unveiled its Workshop ecosystem: a cloud-to-device product matrix comprising the cloud-based Lighthouse, its self-developed WorkBuddy, and the local agent runtime QClaw. Together, these form a layered infrastructure for AI agents — from enterprise cloud deployments down to on-device execution. As of March 23, ClawBot remains in gradual rollout and is available to individual users only, but the architecture is already in place. Meanwhile, Alibaba reported that…