"Little Lobster" Goes Viral! Jensen Huang's Latest Prediction: OpenClaw "Absolutely the Next ChatGPT"

Caixin News, March 18 — (Editor: Bian Chun) On Tuesday, local time, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced that an emerging AI project called OpenClaw marks a significant advancement in how humans interact with artificial intelligence.

“It is now the largest, most popular, and most successful open-source project in human history,” Huang said in an interview during NVIDIA’s GTC conference in California. He asserted, “This is definitely the next ChatGPT.”

OpenClaw (commonly called “Little Lobster” domestically) is currently the world’s hottest open-source autonomous AI agent platform, surpassing traditional chatbots. These agents can not only answer questions but also complete tasks, make decisions, and take actions with minimal user intervention. The core idea is to shift AI from “chatting” to “executing tasks.”

NVIDIA actively involved

NVIDIA is rapidly positioning itself around the development momentum of OpenClaw. The leading AI chip company announced on Monday the launch of NemoClaw, an enterprise version of OpenClaw that overlays NVIDIA’s software stack and tools. Its goal is to make these powerful AI agents secure, scalable, and ready for real-world applications.

Huang described this technology as a fundamental revolution with the potential to greatly expand human capabilities with AI. “With just one line of code, you can create a personalized agent for yourself. Then, just let it do whatever you want,” he said.

Huang used a real-world example to illustrate this concept: designing a kitchen. With a brief prompt, an OpenClaw agent can analyze images, learn design tools, iterate solutions, and optimize outputs—all autonomously. “They will learn how to design a kitchen on their own, then provide design plans and self-reflect to improve,” Huang explained.

He added that the broader impact lies in enhancing individual professional abilities. “Every carpenter can now become an architect, and every plumber can become an architect. We will elevate everyone’s capabilities.”

Huang has recently been praising the OpenClaw project frequently. On Monday, at NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 conference, he also called on global companies: every company needs to develop a “Lobster Strategy.”

He also mentioned at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference that the open-source project OpenClaw surpassed Linux in just three weeks to become the most downloaded open-source software in history, calling it “the most important software release of our era.”

Addressing security concerns

Of course, the rapid rise of autonomous AI agents like OpenClaw has also raised concerns about security, privacy, and control—especially when these systems have the ability to act independently.

This is precisely where NVIDIA believes it can make a difference. Through NemoClaw, NVIDIA is building protective mechanisms, including privacy safeguards, supervisory tools, and enterprise-grade security measures, to ensure these agents can be deployed safely at scale.

Solving these risks is crucial to unleashing the next wave of AI applications—where agents will no longer just be assistants but will act on behalf of humans.