OpenClaw in Australia: The Hosted AI Assistant Built for Australian Businesses
OpenClaw is the fastest-growing open-source AI agent in the world right now. In under 100 days since launch, it's gone from a side project to a viral phenomenon — with hundreds of thousands of installs and a growing ecosystem of hosted services, skills, and communities.
But there's a problem for Australian businesses: every hosted OpenClaw service is based in Europe or the United States. Your data leaves the country. You pay in USD. Support runs on US time zones.
That's why we built HostedAI — Australia's first managed OpenClaw hosting service, running on Australian servers, priced in AUD, and pre-configured for Australian industries.
What is OpenClaw?
OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent — think ChatGPT, but one that actually does things. Instead of just answering questions, OpenClaw takes actions: it reads and sends emails, manages your calendar, researches competitors, monitors suppliers, drafts documents, and automates repetitive tasks.
It runs 24/7 on a server, connecting to the AI model of your choice (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini) and communicating with you through WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord — apps you already use.
The key difference from ChatGPT:
- Persistent memory — every conversation builds on the last. It knows your business, your clients, your preferences.
- Agentic — it takes actions, not just answers. It can send emails, book meetings, do research, build files.
- Always on — running 24/7, not just when you open a browser tab.
- Your instance — not shared with anyone. Your data, your context, your AI.
Why Australian businesses need a local hosted option
Data sovereignty
Under the Australian Privacy Act, businesses handling customer data have obligations about where that data is stored and processed. A European or US-hosted AI assistant processes your emails, calendar, and business documents on foreign servers. HostedAI runs on Vultr's Sydney data centre — your data never leaves Australia.
AUD pricing and GST
Foreign providers charge in USD. With exchange rate fluctuations, your $29 USD/mo can be $45-50 AUD. HostedAI charges $29 AUD — what you see is what you pay, with proper GST invoicing for your accounting.
AEST support
When something needs attention, you want help during business hours — not at 3am because your provider is in Berlin or San Francisco.
Local industry context
Australian tradies don't use the same tools as American contractors. Australian real estate agents don't work like UK estate agents. HostedAI's vertical industry packs are built for how Australian businesses actually operate — from Xero integration to Australian supplier databases.
HostedAI industry packs
Every HostedAI customer gets a pre-configured AI tailored to their industry. Instead of starting from a blank slate, your AI arrives knowing your industry's workflows, tools, and priorities.
🔨 Tradie AI
Auto-follow-up on unanswered quotes. Supplier price research. Job scheduling and calendar management. Invoice chasing. After-hours lead capture. Built for builders, electricians, plumbers, and all trades.
🏡 Real Estate AI
Property listing copy generation. Daily market report summaries. Buyer and vendor follow-up sequences. Comparable sales research. Open home scheduling.
🛒 Ecommerce AI
Shopify order and inventory monitoring. Competitor price tracking. Product description and ad copy. Customer review monitoring. Supplier research and outreach.
📋 Agency AI
Manage multiple client AI instances under your brand. Client reporting and performance summaries. Campaign research and content briefs. New business prospecting.
⚕️ Health & Wellness AI
Appointment scheduling and patient reminders. New patient enquiry responses. Treatment research. Patient recall sequences.
💼 Professional Services AI
Client research and briefing automation. Regulatory monitoring. Proposal drafting. Meeting prep and follow-up. Xero data summaries.
How it works
Each HostedAI customer gets their own dedicated OpenClaw instance running in an isolated Docker container on our Sydney servers. It's completely separate from other customers — your AI only knows what you tell it.
Setup takes minutes, not hours. You answer 5 questions about your business, and your AI arrives pre-configured for your industry with your first tasks already queued. No terminal. No servers. No technical knowledge required.
You interact with it through Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, or the web dashboard — whichever you prefer.
Ready to get your own AI?
Founding member pricing: $29 AUD/mo, locked forever. Only 100 spots.
Start Your First Month — $29 AUDPricing
HostedAI offers simple, transparent AUD pricing:
- Founding Member: $29/mo — locked forever, first 100 customers only
- Standard: $49/mo — after founding member spots are gone
- Pro: $79/mo — higher AI credits, priority support, custom skills
- Agency: $149/mo — up to 3 client instances, white-label options
Every plan includes 500,000 AI tokens per month — enough for heavy daily use. Your dashboard shows real-time usage. At the cap, your AI automatically switches to a fast, lighter model so it never just stops working. You can also bring your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google API key at any time.
Get started
HostedAI is live now at hostedai.com.au. Founding member spots are $29 AUD/mo — locked forever, only 100 available.
Your first month is your first payment. Your AI is set up within 24 hours. If it's not right for you, cancel anytime — no lock-in contracts.
Australia's first managed AI assistant service. Built here. Hosted here. For businesses here.