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Raspberry Pi's share price surged ~90% after an X post suggested the AI agent OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot/Moltbot) could drive demand for Pi hardware the way it boosted Mac Mini sales. The piece argues this makes little sense: Raspberry Pi 5 prices have risen sharply (now $200+ for 16GB), the hardware is underpowered for local LLMs, and OpenClaw itself has serious security vulnerabilities that experts have likened to infostealer malware. A VPC instance is presented as a cheaper, safer, and more practical alternative for anyone wanting to experiment with OpenClaw.

Using a Raspberry Pi to run OpenClaw makes no sense