Anthropic Forced Name Change: Clawdbot Creator Reveals Story
- in a move perhaps unsurprising to anyone familiar with trademarks, the viral Clawdbot AI agent has a new, equally lobster-y name.
- The popular AI agent was originally named after the monster users see while reloading Claude Code.
- "Anthropic asked us to change our name," Moltbot wrote on X.
in a move perhaps unsurprising to anyone familiar with trademarks, the viral Clawdbot AI agent has a new, equally lobster-y name.
The popular AI agent was originally named after the monster users see while reloading Claude Code. Then Anthropic came knocking,sparking a new name: Moltbot.
“Anthropic asked us to change our name,” Moltbot wrote on X. “‘Molt’ fits perfectly – it’s what lobsters do to grow.”
On his own X feed, creator Peter Steinberger was more direct: “I was forced to rename the account by Anthropic. Wasn’t my decision.”
Moltbot’s mission will remain the same: a free, open-source agent that dose everything from booking dinner reservations to overseeing vibe-coding sessions.
You might wondering, why not simply remove the “d” and make it Clawbot? After all, it would fit the branding. “Not allowed to,” Steinberger wrote. Clawdbot’s mascot has also been renamed Molty.
Clawd, the official logo of Claude Code, was created in June 2026.
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