Shane Mac

Co-founder and CEO, XMTP Labs · 1 appearance on the record.

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Shane Mac is the co-founder and CEO of XMTP Labs and the creator of Convos. He previously co-founded Assist and Squared Away.

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3 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 1 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

5 assertions · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Shane argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Shane Mac: Convos lets users launch OpenClaw and Hermes agents on mobile
“Convos is an app that allows you to launch OpenClaw and Hermes agents on your phone.”
Shane Mac Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 0:24 #2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone

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Assertion Open · timeframe Apr 2029
Shane Mac: Convos agents can clone apps simply from a pasted link
“Just paste the link and tell your agent to copy it. It's done.”
Shane Mac Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 0:31 #2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens uses AI to clone apps from screenshots
“So I was talking to Robert Stevens actually, and he was like, I don't even download apps anymore. I just screenshot the app in the app store and throw it in a thing and go code the app. And then it just builds a personalized version of the app that I want.”
Shane Mac Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 1:59 #2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone
Assertion Supported
Shane Mac: Convos lets users launch OpenClaw and Hermes agents on mobile
“Convos is an app that allows you to launch OpenClaw and Hermes agents on your phone.”
Shane Mac Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 0:24 #2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone
Assertion Supported
Mac: Convos provisions email, phone number, and browsing for agents
“It goes and builds everything in the background. So it's provisioning an email address for this, a phone number, web browsing capabilities, everything.”
Shane Mac Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 0:58 #2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone
Assertion Supported
Shane Mac: Convos is backed by a16z, USV, and Fred Wilson
“Like Andreessen Horowitz, USV, Fred Wilson is on our board and a lot of other, like, really, you know, awesome investors.”
Shane Mac Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 5:24 #2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone
Disclosure
Mac: Convos is onboarding about 50 waitlist users daily
“Probably like 50 or so. So the app is out there. You can work at you just unlocking the agents takes an invite code.”
Shane Mac Apr 20, 2026 ▶ 12:50 #2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
#2303 Convos: Instant OpenClaw on your phone Apr 20, 2026 9m
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