Run a VC analyst agent over Telegram
A VC set up an OpenClaw agent as an analyst on a cheap VPS, reachable by Telegram, which he says could save dozens of hours per quarter.
Done withOpenClaw
- What they did
- Jonathan Shriftman installed OpenClaw on a $6.99/month Hostinger VPS with a Claude API key, paired it to Telegram through BotFather, and named the agent Pao. He asked it to audit its own security. He then started on a CRM replacement built on Supabase and Vercel, texting Pao to code and deploy. Portfolio monitoring and social media drafting are planned next.
- How it went
- Setup took about 45 minutes. The security audit cost $0.30, and a basic CRM version cost about $25. Claude kept hitting its limits and deployments stalled. The models flattered him, and he couldn't tell what the sub-agents were doing. The portfolio monitoring is not yet built.
- Worth knowing
- Costs are consumption-based: a partner spent $150 in a week of experimenting. Setup also assumes you're comfortable with API keys, SSH and the terminal.
Try it yourself with OpenClaw
Act as my VC analyst, reachable by chat on [Telegram]. When I send a company name or URL, research it and reply with a one-page memo covering [what it does, team, funding, competitors, and red flags]. Keep it under [400] words, cite sources, and ask me before sending anything outside this chat or spending money on paid data.
Source: shriftman.substack.com · Undated
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