Wedoany.com Report, On March 15, Tencent Cloud announced the official launch of the "Lobster" nationwide free installation campaign, further lowering the barrier to using the AI agent "OpenClaw" (nicknamed "Lobster" by the developer community). According to reports, over the next 40 days, Tencent Cloud will organize a team of technical experts to travel to 17 cities across China, including Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, and Wuhan, providing local users with free one-stop installation and deployment services.
The range of products covered by this offline service is quite extensive. In addition to the core OpenClaw installation, Tencent Cloud's technical experts will also assist users on-site with model configuration, skill installation, and subsequent uninstallation and cleanup processes. The product lines participating in this service include Tencent Lighthouse Lightweight Cloud Server, ADP Application Development Platform, WorkBuddy Enterprise Collaboration Tool, QClaw Cloud-Native AI Platform, as well as technical experts from related products such as cloud security and cloud storage.
Judging from the service content, Tencent Cloud is attempting to address the technical barriers users may encounter during the deployment of AI agents through offline, face-to-face support. Although major cloud providers have launched online "one-click deployment" services, for ordinary users lacking technical backgrounds, steps such as model configuration, plugin installation, and permission settings may still pose obstacles. Tencent Cloud's "nationwide roadshow" style service is precisely aimed at bridging this "last mile."
Since the OpenClaw project gained popularity, "raising lobsters" has become a phenomenal topic within the domestic developer community. Tencent Cloud's involvement through large-scale offline promotion indicates that cloud providers' focus on this emerging field is continuously intensifying. As more ordinary users join the "lobster-raising" ranks, balancing ease of use with security will become an ongoing challenge for cloud providers.
