Built by Practitioners, for Practitioners

ClawConsult was founded by the engineers who got OpenClaw and NemoClaw running in production before most organizations had even heard of either. We built this marketplace because the gap between "works in a demo" and "compliant in enterprise" was where projects were dying — and we knew how to bridge it.

Why ClawConsult Exists

When OpenClaw surpassed React's GitHub star record in 60 days, organizations everywhere rushed to deploy it. Most hit the same wall: OpenClaw's power is also its danger. Agents that can control desktop apps, write files, and call external APIs need careful configuration to be safe in production — especially in regulated industries.

Our founders had collectively spent years in AI infrastructure, enterprise security, and NVIDIA's ecosystem. We'd watched companies waste months on implementations that a specialist could have completed in two weeks. We'd seen security incidents that should never have happened. We'd been the consultants those companies called to clean things up.

ClawConsult is the answer to that problem: a specialist marketplace where organizations can find vetted, proven experts, and where the best OpenClaw and NemoClaw practitioners can find meaningful, well-compensated work.

40+
Vetted consultants in the network
60+
Enterprise engagements completed
12
Industries served including healthcare, finance, and government
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Average time to match a consultant

Our Operating Principles

We only say things we believe and only take engagements we can deliver.

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Security First

Every engagement defaults to the most secure configuration. We never recommend shortcuts that trade safety for speed — especially in regulated industries where the consequences are real.

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Specialist Depth

OpenClaw and NemoClaw are all we do. We don't offer generic "AI consulting." That focus means our network knows these systems at a depth that generalist firms simply can't match.

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Scope Honesty

We tell clients what an engagement will realistically cost and how long it will take — before the contract. No surprise change orders, no scope creep by design.

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Consultant Respect

Our consultants are not contractors on a race to the bottom. We protect their rates, vet clients before matching, and build long-term relationships — not one-time transactions.

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Knowledge Sharing

The blog, CVE disclosures, and technical guides we publish are free. An informed ecosystem is better for everyone — including us. We earn trust by teaching, not gatekeeping.

Speed Without Chaos

AI deployment moves fast and we move with it. But speed without process is how organizations end up with exposed agents and compliance failures. We do both — fast and rigorous.

The People Behind ClawConsult

A small, senior team that has collectively shipped AI infrastructure at scale.

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Marcus Hale
Co-Founder & CEO

Previously led AI infrastructure at a Fortune 100 financial services firm, where he oversaw the first production OpenClaw deployment in a SOC 2 Type II environment. Before that, eight years at a defence contractor building sandboxed AI agent pipelines for classified workloads. Marcus saw the same problems repeat across every organization and decided to build the fix.

OpenClaw Architecture Enterprise Security Financial Services
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Dr. Priya Sundaram
Co-Founder & CTO

PhD in distributed systems from Carnegie Mellon. Joined NVIDIA's NemoClaw early-access program in 2025 and published the first independent security analysis of the OpenShell runtime. Author of the "NemoClaw Production Hardening" guide that is now referenced in NVIDIA's official documentation. Priya leads our technical vetting process and consultant standards.

NemoClaw OpenShell Runtime Distributed Systems
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James Okafor
Head of Regulated Industries

Healthcare IT veteran with 12 years spanning Epic Systems integration, HIPAA technical safeguards, and FedRAMP authorization. James leads all engagements in healthcare, government, and other regulated sectors. He reviewed every checklist we use in our compliance audits and won't let a client go live until he'd sign off on it himself.

HIPAA FedRAMP Healthcare IT
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Sofia Brennan
Head of Consultant Network

Former engineering director who built technical hiring pipelines at two Series B startups. Sofia designed ClawConsult's vetting process — including the live technical assessments, reference checks, and pilot project evaluations that every consultant completes before joining the network. She is also the person consultants call when an engagement gets complicated.

Vetting & Quality Consultant Relations Technical Hiring

Advisors & Backers

Senior practitioners who guide our strategic direction and help us stay ahead of the ecosystem.

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Prof. Linda Chen
AI Safety Researcher
Stanford Human-Centered AI
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Robert Vance
Former CISA Deputy Director
Federal AI Policy
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Yuki Nakamura
Partner, Sequoia Capital
Enterprise AI & Infrastructure

Ready to Work With Us?

Whether you need a consultant for a specific engagement or you're an expert looking to join the network, we'd like to hear from you.