What is OpenClaw ecosystem revenue May 2026?

$111,476/month from 184 startups on TrustMRR.

How does this compare to January 2026?

Down 61% from $283K/month by 129 startups.

Average revenue per startup?

About $606/month in May vs $2,200 in January.

Is startup count growing?

Yes from 129 to 184, but total revenue declined.

What is causing the revenue decline?

Competition from Hermes, security concerns, ecosystem instability.

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OpenClaw ecosystem revenue drops to $111K/mo from 184 startups (May 2026)

TrustMRR May 2026: 184 startups generating $111,476/mo, down 61% from $283K peak in Jan. Revenue per startup averages $606/mo vs $2,200 in January. Startup count grew from 129 to 184 but total revenue declined.

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A proxy service that tracks Agent SDK credit consumption in real time and routes to cheaper providers before the monthly cap hits

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Anthropic just capped OpenClaw agent usage at $20-200/month with non-rolling Agent SDK credits taking effect June 15. Meanwhile the OpenClaw startup ecosystem revenue dropped 61% from peak as costs squeeze margins. Startups running OpenClaw agents on Claude need to know exactly how fast they are burning credits and automatically fail over to cheaper models (Groq, local Ollama, OpenRouter) before hitting zero. This proxy sits between OpenClaw and LLM providers, meters every request against the monthly credit pool, and reroutes traffic when the burn rate projects a cap breach.

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