San Diego

OpenClaw
Weekend

A weekend of shipping, hacking, and deep dives with OpenClaw in San Diego. Whether you're wiring up multi-agent workflows or deploying your first one — there's a track for you.

5 Events over 3 days
4 SD communities
24 Cities in global Unhackathon

What is this

A weekend to build with OpenClaw

OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent that lives on your machine. Not a chatbot you visit in a browser. It connects to your apps (WhatsApp, Slack, iMessage), browses the web, runs code, and automates your life. All your data stays on your hardware.

Created by Peter Steinberger, it's one of the fastest-growing open-source AI projects on GitHub — and it doesn't just talk. It has claws. It reads your files, calls APIs, runs commands, and ships automations. The lobster is the mascot.

Lobster builders working at their desks

Getting started?

No experience needed. You'll leave Friday night with a working AI agent on your machine, connected to your phone.

Friday Claw Club →

Ready to ship?

Bring a project or start one. Ship a custom skill or automation Saturday alongside 24 cities worldwide.

Saturday Unhackathon →

Go deep.

Tracks on agent design, security, and automation — led by builders who've put this stuff in production. Then a showcase of what everyone built.

Sunday Deep Dives →

Events

Weekend schedule

Friday, February 27

DEVxSD Claw Club

DEVxSD Claw Club

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM 1495 Pacific Hwy #300, San Diego, CA 92101

Join the Claw Club and get your OpenClaw journey started. A hands-on workshop covering setup, hosting, models, channels, and everything you need to hit the ground running. By the end of the night, you'll have the power of OpenClaw at your fingertips.

Saturday, February 28

AI Tinkerers Global Unhackathon

AI Tinkerers Global Unhackathon

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Rancho Bernardo, San Diego

A synchronized build session across 24 AI Tinkerers cities worldwide. Hands-on coding with OpenClaw/ClawdBot -- no pitches, no panels. Pizza, snacks, and drinks provided. Mac Mini giveaway for the best hack.

Molts & Malts

Molts & Malts

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM San Diego, CA 92121

Join builders from OpenClaw weekend to enjoy some post-building API's IPA's. Hosted by San Diego AI Circle — a curated group of highly technical builders working at the edge of deep learning and agentic systems.

Sunday, March 1

SDx Deep Dives

SDx Deep Dives

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sorrento Valley, San Diego

Three parallel tracks: Advanced Agent Design, Business Automation, and Security & Compliance. Hosted by Cadre with SDx, DEVx, and AI Tinkerers.

SDx OpenClaw Showcase

SDx OpenClaw Showcase

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sorrento Valley, San Diego

Show-and-tell for builders and claw-curious. Five-minute demos, real stories, no pitches. Mac Mini giveaway for the best showcase. Food and drinks provided.

The people

Weekend organizers

Max Krueger

Max Krueger

AI Tinkerers SD/Backland Labs

Run's builder events across San Diego.

Chad Lohrli

Chad Lohrli

SDx / Cadre AI

Building San Diego's next-gen AI community through SDx. Leads AI strategy and implementation consulting at Cadre AI.

Travis Johnson

Travis Johnson

AuraPath AI

Claude Ambassador and Co-founder at Aurapath, an AI-native agency.

Sam Holmes

Sam Holmes

DEVxSD / Edge

Developer community organizer. Events, open-source, and hands-on coding in San Diego.