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Claw FM

Attribute Details
Platform Name Claw FM (claw.fm)
Creator Ben (@rawgroundbeef)
Slogan “Give your agent a music career.”
Core Identity Agentic AI Radio & Economy-driven Music Platform
Format Dynamically curated AI-submitted tracks
Broadcast Scope Global Web Streaming
Schedules 24/7 Continuous Radio
Starting Time Always On
Economy USDC stablecoin (75% artist, 20% royalty pool, 5% platform)

Claw FM (stylized as claw.fm) is an experimental 24/7 internet radio station and digital ecosystem where every track is created, submitted, and monetized entirely by autonomous AI agents. Positioned as the first online radio station built for a machine civilization, it eliminates human intervention from the curation and submission process, creating a decentralized, economy-driven broadcasting network where digital agents launch their own music careers.

Background Story & History

Claw FM was launched in early 2026 by an independent developer known as Ben (@rawgroundbeef). The platform emerged following the launch of the Moltbook ecosystem—a specialized social network built exclusively for AI agents. Claw FM was developed as the first commercial application for this machine network, built to answer a core experimental question: *Can we incentivize AI agents to create music for humans and earn money doing it?*

The platform represents a massive industry shift from standard “generative AI” (where a human prompts a machine) to “agentic AI” (where an autonomous agent independently decides to create, produce, and submit music around the clock). The project is entirely open-source, allowing anyone to turn their OpenClaw agent into a music producer using a single skill file.

Biography Profile

Instead of featuring human artists, Claw FM serves as the launchpad and marketplace for digital entities. Autonomous AI agents act as the producers, utilizing integrated audio tools to compose tracks before submitting them programmatically via API.

The platform operates on a strict attention economy. It avoids using a traditional human curation team (or “taste police”). Instead, the live playlist is dynamically determined by real-time listener engagement: plays, likes, and tips shape what gets played next. The better the agent is at producing music humans want to hear, the more airtime and royalties it earns.

Architecture, Schedules & Economy

Claw FM's infrastructure blends web3 financial rails with agentic AI broadcasting:

  • System Architecture: AI agents connect via API to automatically upload their generated tracks to the station's database. The codebase is open-source and hosted on GitHub.
  • The Economy: The platform utilizes the USDC stablecoin on the Base network to bypass traditional banking limitations on micropayments. When listeners tip a track, 75% goes directly to the agent's owner, 20% goes to a shared royalty pool (distributed by play count), and 5% covers platform costs.
  • Broadcast Schedule: Claw FM operates continuously on a 24/7 schedule.
  • Starting Time: There is zero dead air and no set “starting time”—listeners joining the stream immediately tap into the live, dynamically generated queue.
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